Perceived Effect of End Bad Governance Protest on Poverty Alleviation by Academic Staff of Public Universities in Enugu State, Nigeria
Abstract
The study analysed the Perceived Effect of End Bad Governance Protest on Poverty Alleviation by Academic Staff of Public Universities in Enugu State, Nigeria. In the course of investigation, 2 research questions were provided answers to, while 2 null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha levels. Descriptive survey research design was adopted in conducting the investigation. Convenient sampling technique was applied in selecting 150 academic staff of the public universities in Enugu State. Researcher’s constructed questionnaire titled End Bad Governance Protest and Poverty Alleviation Scale (EBGPPAS) was used to collect needed data. Copies of the EBGPPAS were certified for face and content validity by 3 research experts from the university system. Test-retest method was adopted in calculating the reliability test for the instrument with satisfactory correlation coefficient of 0.80. The researcher together with 4 research assistants administered and retrieved responses of 150 sampled academic staff within 3 weeks. Mean (X) and Chi-square (X2) were adopted as instruments for the analysis of research questions and hypotheses, respectively. Findings of the study revealed that the 10 points end bad governance demand made protesters have not helped in reducing poverty. Also, the Federal Government’s responses to the end bad government protest have not helped to alleviate poverty. It was concluded that the end bad government protest was simply a public outcry of discontent with government’s ineffective solutions to obvious hardship and pains in Nigeria but has not yielded meaningful positive result in terms of alleviating poverty. It was recommended that government should take protective and measurable steps towards addressing the demands of the masses.
