RURAL ACCESS AND MOBILITY PROJECT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN OSUNSTATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study looked effect of rural access and mobility project on access to health facility in Osun State, Nigeria. The study adopts cross sectional survey research design which facilitated the use of a structured questionnaire in obtaining data from the respondents for the analysis of the study objectives. The population for this research comprises infinite number of citizenry. Ordinary least square regression was used as the estimation technique. It was found that RAMP have significant influence on access to health facility. It is shown from result that the interaction of age with agricultural indicators and the interaction of age with social indicators have significant effect on access to health facility. However, the interaction of age with transport indicators has insignificant effect on access to health facility in Osun state, Nigeria. In line with the findings, it can be concluded that the RAMP is very important for the survival of the rural people in Osun State, Nigeria because it enhances alleviation of poverty through access to health facility. Moreover, the age and level of education influence the relationship between the RAMP indicators and poverty alleviation through access to health facility because the maturity and level of education of the respondents make the respondents to identify and embrace more of the positive aspect of the RAMP in alleviating poverty rather than the negative aspect. In view of this, the study recommends that the government should construct more good roads network that will connect the rural communities to health facility