MACRO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE REALITIES OF MASS POVERTY IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC
| dc.contributor.author | Dauda, Yusuf Odonye | |
| dc.contributor.author | Uchem, Raphael Onyebuchi | |
| dc.contributor.author | Erunke, Canice Esidence | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-14T08:54:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-14T08:54:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-03-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The forces surrounding the emerging economies cf underdeveloped world, especially Africa has practically stifled its economic progress, growth, deidopnent and sustainability This economic condition bring to the fore the massive onslaught cf rural/urban poverty which the African continent grapples with since the post-world war II era to date The economic misfortunes and incidence cf mass poverty in Africa, zis-d-zis Nigeria is used as a point of departure in this study The paper underscores the idedogjcd and philosophical undertone cf corruption by agnts cf state characterized by the pervasive activities cf domestic bourgeoisie doss as well as the international capital manifesting in form cf colonialism and imperialism as a major character in the historical process cf underdevelopment and mass poverty in peripherial states cf A frica, A sia and Latin A merica, respectively Cfparticular interest in this study are the activities cf domestic bourgeoisie elite doss who haze ugprously displayed some degee cf vsiodessness, corrupt tendencies and abject lack cf desires to drawup workable plans to redeem the battered image cf African/ Nigrum economic misfortunes. This state cf affairs has practically engendered economic underdevdoprrent, misery and disturbing levels cf poverty in the nationstate system The study is a theoretical investigation into the trajectory cf nation building which has been hampered throuff) the preualence cf extreme poverty The methodology adopted is basically secondary sources, and relevant research materials from bocks,journals ,government documents ,intemet,etc,were used The paper condudes that for any meaningful development to happen in Nigeria, the political doss must go on a reverse gar in term cf policy formulation, euduation and implementation with a strong resoke to tackle social problems, induding poverty headlong | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Dauda, Yusuf Odonye, Uchem, Raphael Onyebuchi & Erunke, Canice Esidence | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/6907 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi | en_US |
| dc.title | MACRO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE REALITIES OF MASS POVERTY IN NIGERIA’S FOURTH REPUBLIC | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |