INFLUENCE OF FADAMA II PROJECT ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF BUSINESS EDUCATION GRADUATES BENEFICIARIES IN KADUNA STATE
INFLUENCE OF FADAMA II PROJECT ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF BUSINESS EDUCATION GRADUATES BENEFICIARIES IN KADUNA STATE
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2014-02
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KAMBAI, Iliya Yashim
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It was observed that some unemployed and underemployed business education graduates participated in the fadama II project in order to alleviate their poor economic condition. The study was, therefore, intended to assess the extent to which the project influenced the socio-economic status of the business education graduates who participated in the project in Kaduna state. To achieve the purpose, four research objectives were drawn up and four research questions posed by the study, while four null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Literature and empirical studies were reviewed. The reviewed studies stressed positive impact of the project on the users in the study areas. Nevertheless, the reviewed studies did not examine the influence of the project on business education graduates who participated in the project as a result of their enterprising and quest to combat poverty and be self-reliant. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. A sample of 1158 (20%) was drawn from a target population of 5,791 business education graduates beneficiaries of the project. Multistage sampling technique was used for drawing the sample from each of the local government areas. The instrument for the study was structured questionnaire. Frequency counts and percentages were used to analyze the demographic data of the respondents while weighted scores and mean were used to answer the research questions. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 levels of significant. The test of hypotheses showed that there was significant influence of the criteria set for participation in fadama II project on the level of participation of business education graduate in the project; there was significant influence of the fadama II project on the level of income, social status, and quality of life of the business education graduates who participated in the project in Kaduna state. The study found that the criteria for participation in fadama II project were not biased against business education graduates; rather they were open to all so long as one belonged to a registered cooperative society in the fadama II area. The study also found that the incomes and savings of the business education graduates beneficiaries increased significantly; that enabled them to pay their children’s school fees, built houses and invest in other businesses. It also revealed that their social statuses improved as a result of their participation in the project; they gained respect and recognition in their communities. It also showed that the quality of life of the business education graduate beneficiaries increased significantly as a result of their participation in the project; this manifested in their purchase of electronics, furniture, good diet and giving good education to their children. From the findings, it was concluded that the unbiased criteria for participation in fadama II project influenced the participation of a good number of business education graduates in the project; consequently, their levels of income, social status and quality of life improved. This in turn led to increase in their purchasing power and standard of living. It was recommended among other things that more awareness should be created in order to have more graduates enrolling for such poverty reduction programmes to combat poverty and unemployment in the country.
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DEPARPTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION
FACULTY OF EDUCATION
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
February, 2014
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INFLUENCE,, FADAMA,, SOCIO-ECONOMIC,, BUSINESS,, BENEFICIARIES