Assessment of Well-Being of Youth Project Results’ of State Employment and Expenditure in Delta State, Nigeria

This study assessed the effects of the State Employment and Expenditure for Results (SEEFOR) project on the well-being of youth in Delta State. The study Identified beneficiaries ‘attitude towards the SEEFOR project, assessed beneficiaries’ levels of constraints in their involvement with SEEFOR project, found out the effects of the project on beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 274 respondents (137 beneficiaries and 137 non-beneficiaries) for the study. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire on beneficiaries’ attitudes towards the SEEFOR project, beneficiaries’ constraints to involvement in the SEEFOR project and the level of well-being of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries in the study area. Data obtained were analysed using percentages, mean and the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). The findings revealed that the SEEFOR beneficiaries (93.4%) had a favourable attitude towards the project, while the delay in payment of salaries (1.98) was the main constraint faced by beneficiaries in the study area. Also, 77.5% of beneficiaries had better well-being while 68.4% of non-beneficiaries had worse-off well-being. A significant difference exists (F=11.300, p=0.001) in the well-being status of beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries in the study area. This study concluded that SEEFOR project had positive effects on the well-being of its beneficiaries. Therefore, policy makers should endeavour to put in consideration the well-being (both objective and subjective) of its beneficiaries as one of the objectives when formulating programme intervention.