ASSESSMENT OF THE PERFORMANCE OF CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMME IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF NASARAWA STATE, NIGERIA

The study is designed to assess the Performance of Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Nasarawa State. This study employed social survey design because it makes the collection of data from large population easy using a representative sample to generalize. The data collected were analyzed using simple percentages and result narrated descriptively and tabulated according to the response area of the questionnaires collected. After which it was discover that the performance of Conditional Cash Transfer programme in Nasarawa State is strong where as to a large extent the implementation of Conditional Cash Transfer has enhanced access to Primary Health Facilities, improve food intake by families in the benefiting communities and increase school enrollment in the communities. Based on the following, the study suggested that, the Nasarawa State Government should as a matter of concern ensure the provision of adequate support to improve the performance of conditional cash transfer programme in the State and effort should be made by the State government to equip the health care facilities in the state so as to make it a world class standard to meet the need of the poor in the communities as well as State through the Ministry for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs to direct Local Government to prove strong monitoring team to checkmate households who have not allowed their children test the value of education, as the effects of the programme has increase school enrollment in the benefiting communities.