Abstract

Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) are one of the ways of addressing poverty but with corruption, illiteracy and wrong perception of the potential benefit of the cash transfer, the conditional cash transfer stipend is believed to be insufficient or of no use to poverty reduction in Nigeria. This study analysed attitude of beneficiaries towards conditional cash transfer program in Kajola local government area of Oyo State. A multistage sampling procedure was used to sample one hundred and fifteen beneficiaries. Structured questionnaire and interview schedule were used to elicit responses on respondents? socioeconomic characteristics, benefits derived from conditional cash transfer, constraints faced as regards conditional cash transfer and beneficiaries? attitude towards CCT programme. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics at p = 0.05. Mean age of the respondents was 43 years with standard deviation of 12 years, most of the respondents (80.9%) were female, married (66.9%), 58.3% had primary education, household size of 1 to 5 (67.0%) and cash received bi-monthly 10,000 (55.7%). The benefits accrued from CCT were enhancement of utility availability (such as electricity, water etc) and improvement of family psycho-social well-being (x?= 1.89), reduction of household poverty (x?= 1.71) and improved savings (x?= 1.35). The constraints encountered by the respondents were cash disbursement challenges (x?= 2.52), poor extension service (x?= 2.29) and poor awareness and enlightenment of the program (x?= 2.06). Beneficiaries? attitude towards conditional cash transfer was favourable (53.9%). However, constraint faced by respondents (r = 0.162, p<0.05) does not drive the respondents? attitude towards conditional cash transfer. Conditional Cash Transfer program should invest in measures to check disbursement challenges and improve on capacity building of the beneficiaries in the study area.

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