Critical Analysis of The Effectiveness of Civil Society in Nigeria: A Study of Interventions and Monitoring of Poverty and Attainment of SDG in Nigeria

Abstract

Without any shred of doubt, poverty is one of the social issues that has no regard for tribe, race, country, or other ways by which we group people all over the world. The major difference when it comes to poverty is the level with which it affects different countries. The irony of the whole situation is that what some countries refer to as poverty is prosperity for some others. Third world countries are grappling with serious level of poverty, and Nigeria is not left out. In fact, the poverty level is so astounding that it poses great danger to countries all over the world due to its security implications and effects on world peace. As the international poverty benchmark got increased to $1.90 from $1 in September 2015, many Nigerians were further pushed below poverty line. It can be argued with very little contradiction that factors such as poor governance, mismatched allocation of resources, unemployment, lack of equity, corrupt practices and many others are responsible for the extreme level of poverty in Nigeria. The study adopts structural functionalism as the analytical framework to examine the effects of various interventions by civil society organizations within and outside Nigeria, on the level of poverty and the attainment of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in Nigeria. In addition, the mixed method (of both primary and secondary data) is used to collect data while content analysis is applied. The study observes that for the level of poverty to reduce drastically in Nigeria, there is need for good and effective leadership, strong institutions, as well as using public-private partnership.

Keywords: SDG (Sustainable Development Goals), CSOs, international poverty line,

DOI: 10.7176/IAGS/95-05

Publication date:July 30^th 2022