N-Power Agro Programmes on Youths Empowerment in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria (Published)
This study investigated the N-Power Agro programmes on Youths Empowerment in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. One research questions and One hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study, while stratified and simple random sampling techniques were used in selecting 473 respondents. A 11 – item questionnaire titled: N-power Agro Programmes and Youth Empowerment Questionnaire (NAPYEQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated and the reliability estimate, using Cronbach alpha statistics, ranged from .68 to .74. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions, while the t-test statistic was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that N-power Agro programmes has significantly impacted Youths empowerment in Akamkpa to a great extent. Based on the findings of the study recommendations were made among others that more sensitization programmes should be conducted to expose youths on the scope of N-power Agro Programmes.
Keywords: Empowerment, N-Power, Programmes, Youths