Browsing by Author "Onuche, Uche Innocent"

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    ASSESSMENT OF FADAMA III PROGRAMME ON FOOD SECURITY IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA.
    (Department of Sociology, Nasarawa State University Keffi., 2019-04-21) Onuche, Uche Innocent; Francis, Ojonugwa Onu; Bilyaminu, Suleiman Muhammed
    There have been heated debates on the effectiveness of foreign aid like FADAMA III programme on the well-being of the beneficiaries. Most of the studies established a positive relationship between foreign aid like FADAMA III project and development using economic indicators like: Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Gross National Product (GNP), and per capita income. None of these studies used development indicators like: food security and poverty among others. This study examines the effects of FADAMA III programme on food security in Apa Local Government Area of Benue state. The study adopted survey design and purposive sampling procedure to select seven (7) informants from Apa Local Government Area. Key Informant Interview (Kll) was the instrument used to collect information from the key informants and analyzed non numerically. The study found that, training constitutes the major activities of the FADAMA III programme, targeting poverty, unemployment reduction and food security. The study equally found that, most of the beneficiaries are still within the moderate and low threshold in their condition of living: and therefore concluded that, FADAMA /// programme did not eradicate and reduced to the barest minimum cases of food msecunty and poverty in Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. The study of scope of subsequent FADAMA III assistance programme in terms of training and coverage to enableit ameliorates the challenges of food insecurity in Apa Local Government Area Benue State, Nigeria.
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    The Effect of Urbanization on the Living Condition of Mpape Residents in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory
    (Department of Sociology, Nasarawa State University Keffi., 2017-07-05) Bilyaminu, Suleiman Muhammed; Onuche, Uche Innocent
    Urbanization in the 21st century has resulted in the rapid growth of cities globally and in particular in Nigeria. The rapid growth of Nigerian cities has seriously outstripped the capacity of most cities to provide and maintain adequate basic services to their residents. Abuja has been experiencing increasing concentration of people in the suburbs, such as Mpape in Bwari Area Council without a corresponding infrastructural provision and maintenance of existing ones. This has resulted in undue pressure on the existing infrastructure and challenges on urban environment and residents living condition. This study examines the effect of urbanization on the living condition of Mpape residents in Abuja. The study adopted survey design and purposive sampling procedure to select its subjects from Mpape. In-depth-interview was conducted for informants. It was descriptively analyzed. Findings from the study show that housing and social infrastructure like road network, healthcare facilities among others, are grossly inadequate and lacking, while the available ones are in deplorable and pathetic state. The sanitary condition of the area is deplorable, typical of a slum settlement. The study concluded that urbanization and population growth led to uncontrolled and unplanned settlements in urban area of Abuja with serious effect on the environment and the living condition of residents. The study recommended that the government both at the local and federal level should enforce proper planning and development control policy in the area and effectively implement infrastructural development to ameliorate the challenges confronting the area as a result of urbanization and population growth.