This study investigates into the impact of government programmes towards
poverty alleviation on the inhabitants of Nigeria with special reference to
Asa and Ilorin West Local Government Areas of Kwara State. A focus group
discussion (FGD) of 4 groups (2 males and 2 females) was conducted from
whose scenario a questionnaire was raised. Both qualitative and quantitative
methods were employed especially to see the impact of those policies on the
inhabitants using household income as a proxy. The Sen's Gini coefficient
revealed that agricultural sector is the highest income-contributing sector
and worst hit income inequality group with about 84percent of total
population in high poverty margin/region among the whole sectors studied.
The study also acknowledged the existence of either one poverty alleviation program at one time or the other, but often the policy targets are at variance
with the outcome. The study thus that suggests a kind of performance
evaluation towards reappraising and adjusting the instruments employed by
the programmes, refocus on the important sector(s) in the area of finance
and credit facilities and organized buffer stock against agricultural s or
bumper harvest in order to sustain price stability.