Sustainable Development Goal 1 and Poverty Alleviation in South East Nigeria: The Nexus

Abstract

Poverty has remained endemic in Nigeria bringing about
low standard of living for majority of the masses.
Government and international organizations are coming
up with policies and programmes aimed at reducing the
impact of this malaise. One such programme by United
Nations Organization is Sustainable Development Goals
with seventeen (17) targets aimed at addressing social,
economic, and environmental aspects of sustainable
development. The study adopted descriptive research
design. The population of the study was 21,955,400. Taro
Yamane’s formula was used to determine the sample size
of 625. The data was analysed through the use of
descriptive and inferential analysis, one sample t-test as
used to test the hypotheses. Findings of the study showed
that SDG1 had a positive significant influence on income
generation, social protection, sustainable livelihood,
access to education, and establishment of micro
enterprises in South East Nigeria. The study
recommended that for SDG1 to further make impact in the
South East Nigeria, governments of the five states that
make up the zone, should identify the marginalized
communities and prioritize the implementation of SDG
policies in those communities.