Interrogating Sustainable Development Goal 1 and poverty in South East Nigeria: Is there any Development to be Sustained?

Abstract

This survey examined Sustainable Development
Goal (SDG) 1 and its effect on poverty
alleviation in the South East of Nigeria.
Specifically, the study examined (i) how SDG1
influences income generation in South East
Nigeria, (ii) determined the extent to which SDG
1 influenced social protection in South East
Nigeria, Two hypotheses guided the study.
Analysis of data collected was done using SPSS.
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.