Community Stakeholders' Perspectives on Poverty Alleviation in a University Town
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Poverty is pervasive in Nigerian communities and is entrenched in both rural and urban centres. Nigerians see
hope in the locating of institutions as means of improving livelihood. The paper studies the stakeholders I
approach to poverty alleviation in a town where a private mission university is sited. Using the technique of
correlation supported with bootstrapping, stakeholders' responses indicate that education is a key factor in
poverty alleviation as it is a cause and solution. Public sector investment is required in the areas of road and
energy. and youth participation is required for programmes to succeed. Stakeholders' perspective is also affected
by the kind of education they have received and management of intervention programmes must be by agreement
and understanding between them. The paper recommends the increase in the opportunities to be made available
for the indigent indigenes to be empowered by formal or vocational education. There is also a need for
transparency in stakeholders I management of intervention programmes to ensure complete success.
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H Social Sciences (General), HG Finance