The Implementation Of The Poverty Alleviation Programme: Case Study Ikpoba-okha’s Local Government

CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTION     The problem of poverty is not only a national thing but a global issue that has lingered for centuries. This issue has featured in the agenda of various international and national/local seminars and conferences. Poverty by all ramifications as an ugly situation and a concept used to describe the condition of a class of people who lack the means satisfying their physical, social and domestic needs e.g food, water, shelter, clothing, school fees, hospital bills etc.     This multifaceted concept “poverty” is one that transcends geographic…