An Empirical Analysis of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Programme and the Welfare of Uruan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State

Abstract

The Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program is one of the social investment programme introduced to alleviate the level of poverty in Nigeria. By delivering social services in form of income to the vulnerable and those in extreme poverty.This study sought to examine the effect of the Conditional Cash Transfer programme on the welfare of beneficiaries in Uruan L.G.A of Akwa Ibom State, using descriptive survey design, The population of the study comprises all the twenty- nine thousand one hundred and seventeen (29,117) beneficiaries from the nine pilot Local Government Area of the programme Akwa Ibom State. Three hundred and fifty-four respondents (354) constituted the sample size for the study drawn from the study area, determined using Yaro Yamme formula.The data for the study was collected primarily with the aid of a structured questionnaire, together with observation and interviews scheduled. The findings of the study are that the advent of conditional cash transfer programme in Uraun L.G.A of Akwa Ibom State. Has led to the;Increased in the number of savings groups,Increased in the amount of income saved in the bank by indigenes,Increased the number of cooperative societies,Increased in the number of businesses established as well as Increased in number of individuals acquiring asset in Uruan L.G.A,the study thus concludes that the advent of the conditional cash transfer programmes (CCT) has helped improve the welfare of the indigenes of Uruan L.G.A. and recommends thatNew beneficiaries should be enrolled into the programme by the federal government, so that the benefits of the CCT programme be enjoyed by all and that the State cash transfer unit should ensure that the beneficiaries be adequately supervised to ensure that the transferred funds be used as prescribed.