Governance and Imposition of Poverty and Hunger in Nigeria: The Case Study of Rivers State Government, 1999 to Date

Author: De. Ozy B. Orluwene, jp, Good Wilson

Abstract:
The paper attempts to highlight and analyse the various ways the government of Rivers State has systematically and ultimately imposed extreme poverty and hunger on the citizenry. It argues that the policies, programmes and projects put in place by the governors of the state from May 1999 till date have rather imposed extreme poverty and hunger on the people of the state. To drive home its position it first conceptualized poverty, hunger, policies, programmes, projects and citizenry. Second, it presented a graphic picture of how the state is being governed by highlighting the policies, programmes, and projects put in place by the government from May 1999 till date. Third, it examined the trend and spread of poverty and hunger levels in the state and observed that there is increasing trend and widespread of poverty and hunger in the state during the period under review. Fourth, it analysed the policies, programmes, and projects of the government during the period under review and observed that they are rather poverty and hunger imposing. So relating the effects of the policies, programmes, and projects of the government and the trend and spread of poverty and hunger levels in the state during the period under review, it concludes that the Rivers State government has, through its policies, programmes, and projects, systematically and ultimately imposed extreme poverty and hunger on the citizenry.

Keywords:Keywords: Hunger, Poverty, Government Programmes, Millennium Development Goals, Federal Capital Territory.

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International Journal of Trade & Commerce (Vol: 3 Issue:2)