Social Protection Intervention and Household Wellbeing in the Niger Delta Region
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https://doi.org/10.51699/cajssh.v7i3.1364Keywords:
Social Protection Intervention, Household Well-being, Cash Transfers, Food Assistance, Skills Development Programmes, Insurance Schemes, Niger Delta Region, Social Protection TheoryAbstract
This study investigated the relationship between social protection intervention and household well-being in the Niger Delta Region. Specifically, the study focused on key social protection interventions such as cash transfers, food assistance, skills development programs, access to and insurance schemes, availability of community welfare programs, The population of the study consists of 32,277,901 people across the nine Niger Delta states namely Abia, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Delta, Cross River, Edo, Imo, and Ondo, as obtained from the National Population Commission. The sample size will be determined using the Taro-Yamane method. Data will be collected through a self-structured instrument titled Social Protection Intervention and Household Well-being Questionnaire (SPIHWBQ). Percentage and frequency counts was used to address the research questions, while the chi-square statistical technique with the aid of Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 26 was used to test the hypotheses. The results of the study revealed that Cash transfers, Food assistance, Skills development programs, and has a positive and significant relationship with household well-being in the Niger Delta region. It was concluded that social protection interventions had substantial impact on household welfare in Niger Delta region. It was therefore, recommended amongst other that the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, in collaboration with the National Social Safety Nets Coordinating Office and the Niger Delta Development Commission should expand the coverage and funding of cash transfer programmes across the Niger Delta region.
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