Impact of Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme on Standard of Living in Rivers State of Nigeria

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of government enterprise and empowerment programme (GEEP) on standard of living. In achieving this objective, a critical review of the extant literature was made with certain hypothetical statements. In this study government enterprise and empowerment programme (GEEP) was operationalized as market moni, trader moni, and farmer moni. The population of the study comprises ninety six thousand four hundred and thirteen (96,413) with a sample size of three hundred and ninety eight (398) beneficiaries. The primary source of data collection was employed in this study using the questionnaire designed in five-point Likert scale. Prior to its administration, the questionnaire was assessed for validity and reliability and the result was within the threshold. The statistical method of data analysis used in this study is the Pearson Product Moment Co-efficient of Correlation (PPMCC). Based on the findings of this study, and the conclusion drawn there from, it is recommended that the government should give serious attention to market moni, trader moni, and farmer moni as the various forms of government enterprise and empowerment schemes as means of improving the standard of living of the people. More so, the implementation of these schemes should be devoid of politics.