The poverty situation in Nigeria is quite disturbing. Both the quantitative and qualitative
measurements attest to the growing incidence and depth of poverty in the country. This
situation however, presents a paradox considering the vast human and physical resources
that the country is endowed with. It is even more disturbing that despite the huge human and
material resources that have been devoted to poverty reduction by successive governments,
no noticeable success has been achieved in this direction. The Human Development Report …

The prevailing economic situation in Nigeria and the importance attached to the social
capital as a solution to social interaction provides for an examination of its relevance to
poverty reduction in Minna metropolis. To this end, social capital has been described as an
empirically elusive concept, yet has also been heralded as the glue that holds communities
together. While there has been much debate about its definition see (winter 2000). Using a
set up household data generated from the administration of structured questionnaire to 600 …