F. D. Isuwa

This study investigates the magnitude of the direction of government expenditure and its impact on the wellbeing of the people with the aim of alleviating poverty. Some social indicators were employed in the study which reflects the living standard of the people and they include health, agriculture, education, microfinance and life expectancy. By employing these indicators, the rate at which government expenditure affect the lives of people and also us relative impact on poverty reduction were determined In this study, the Ordinary Least Squares method of analysis was used with Poverty as the dependent variable and five independent variables. They are government expenditure on education, health, agriculture, microfinance and life expectancy. The data used in this research was collected from secondary data obtained from the CBN statistical bulletin. The major findings shows that government expenditure on health education and agriculture are significant and a unit increase of government expenditure in these sectors can reduce poverty level. While that of life expectancy and microfinance are insignificant and a unit increase will increase poverty level. Recommendation were proffered based on the findings of this research that government at all levels should gear up its investment in agricultural research, health and education and ensure that its expenditure are channeled towards projects that will reduce poverty level in Nigeria so as to drive the economy towards growth and development.

The desire for every country is to gain progress economically and as well attaindevelopment. This study therefore analyses a pressing issue that requires urgent attentionif a country is to achieve these desires, by looking at the topic "The Impact of populationgrowth on Unemployment in Nigeria”. The study spans over a time period of 30yearsfrom 1990 till 2020, secondary data was used on the EVIEWS 2009 package toregressthe model with Unemployment as the dependent variable and population growth, exchange rate and government expenses as the independent variables. The results showed that population growth has a positive relationship with unemployment and has a significant impact unlike the other variables such as exchange rate and government expenses. The R squared shows a 99.6% explanatory power of the model's independent variable to explain its dependent variable.it is thus recommended that ef ective policies should be implemented in addressing the ever rising rate of population growth

This study examined the impact of remittances on the health sector in Nigeria for the period of 1981-2019. The main objective of this research work is to examine the impact of remittances on the health sector in Nigeria. The study used Error Correction Mechanism (ECM) to examine the relationship between remittances and health sector in Nigeria. The study found the level of remittances has both a positive and significant impact on the health sector both in the short and long run. Also, level of expenditure on education was found to have both a positive and significant impact on the health sector both in the short and long run. Also, level of physical capital was found to have a positive and significant impact on the health sector both in the short and but a positive and insignificant impacton it in the long run. Finally, Real GDP was found to have a positive and significant on the health sector in the short run but a negative and insignificant impact on the health sector in the long run. Seeing that remittances is a catalyst to the health sector, the study therefore recommends that the costs of transfer of remittances can be waived or significantly reduced if it is specifically tagged for healthcare. Still building on the defiscalization of migrant savings linked to payments for healthcare in source
country in order to attract more remittances from abroad. Also, the government should constantly review upward of budgetary allocation to education sector in Nigeria. This will increase health education of Nigerians and in the long run boost the health sector and economy at large.