Conditional Cash Transfer Impact and Beneficiaries Well-Being Status in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria

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Samson Olayemi Sennuga , Bilkisu O. Abdulkarim , Joseph Bamidele , Funso O. Alabuja , Osho-Lagunju Bankole ,

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Volume 7 - April 2023 (04)

Abstract

The study determines the effect of conditional cash transfer on the wellbeing status of beneficiaries in Abaji Area Council, Abuja, Nigeria. Sample size of 100 beneficiaries was selected using multi-stage sampling procedure. Structured questionnaire complimented with interview scheduled were used for data collection Data were analysed using descriptive statistics (frequency, count, percentage and mean) and inferential (Wellbeing Status Index and Logit Regression Model). The result revealed 79% of the beneficiaries were female with mean age of 47.3 years. The mean household size and that of farming experience were 6 persons and 16.8 years respectively. The beneficiaries were satisfy with personal relationship (  =5.64), personal safety (  =5.62) and life achievement (  =5.62) wellbeing indicators. The coefficient of coefficient of educational level (0.3214183), distance to CCT center (0.2295646), cooperative membership (1.36954), access to sanitation (0.9016355) and enrolment of children in school (1.054859) had significant effect on the wellbeing status of the beneficiaries. The most problem associated with CCT were corruption among official (  =2.50), poor road network (  =2.32) and poor government policy (  =2.10). It is recommended that government should inject more funds to the programme in order to enhance beneficiaries’ wellbeing status, intervention programme should be brought closer to beneficiaries dwelling place for easy accessibility.

Keywords

Effect, Conditional Cash Transfer, Well-being, beneficiarie

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