Poverty Alleviation of Adults and Non-Formal Education of Otukpo People in Benue State Nigeria

Abstract

This study was embarked upon to establish the extent to which adults and non-formal education could assist to reduce poverty and sustained livelihood in Otukpo people of Benue State.  Five research questions and two Null hypotheses guided the study.  The population of the study consisted of thirty three adult instructors and one hundred and twenty adult learners in adult literacy centres in Otukpo Benue State.  The instrument was face validated by three experts using weighted mean and standard deviation while the hypotheses were analyzed using 6-test statistical tools.  The major findings of the study among others showed that in order to reduce poverty, adults and non-formal education need to be provided for the marginalized adults to empower them for income generation. Poverty leads to low quality of education and livelihood, the poor, lacks basic amenities and access to acquire education.  The researcher recommends that adult education should be funded by the three tiers of government. The non-governmental organization should partner with the government to enable the instructors implement the curriculum that relates adult education. This will enable the marginalized adults' access to education, the idea of one man to teach one or fund the teaching, should be the responsibility of every person where the Nigerian national council of adult education supervised.