Impacts of Government Interventions on Small Scale Enterprises in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria

This study focuses on the impacts of government interventions on small scale enterprises in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. The specific objectives of the study included an investigation of the challenges affecting Small Scale Enterprises in Dekina Local Government Area, the nature of government intervention programmes and its relevance to small scale enterprises in Dekina Local Government Area, the accessibility of the intervention programmes to Small Scale Enterprise operators in Dekina Local Government Area and the strategies that can be used to overcome the challenges of accessibility to the interventions. Using dependency theoretical framework, the study adopted cross sectional survey research design. The population of the study was about 2000 while the sample size of 322 was determined using Krejcie and Morgan statistical table. Multi-Stage and purposive sampling technique were utilized to study the entire sample of the respondents. Two hypotheses formulated were tested using Chi-square and Multiple Linear Regression. The findings of the study revealed that there is a positive relationship between government interventions and the growth of small scale business enterprises in Dekina Local Government Area, Kogi State. It was also established that corruption, political interference and administrative obstacles such as high interest rates, heavy collateral etc. were the major factors affecting the accessibility of SSE operators to the government interventions, including inadequate awareness of SSE operators about government interventions. Arising from the findings, it was recommended among others that there should be sensitization on the existence of the interventions and the criteria for accessing the intervention be made easily accessible and available to all categories of small scale enterprises operators irrespective of their socio-cultural backgrounds and political affiliations as the case may be

Impacts of Government Interventions on Small Scale Enterprises in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria

<p><strong>This study focuses on the impacts of government interventions on small scale enterprises in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State. The specific objectives of the study included an investigation of the challenges affecting Small Scale Enterprises in Dekina Local Government Area, the nature of government intervention programmes and its relevance to small scale enterprises in Dekina Local Government Area, the accessibility of the intervention programmes to Small Scale Enterprise operators in Dekina Local Government Area and the strategies that can be used to overcome the challenges of accessibility to the interventions. Using dependency theoretical framework, the study adopted cross sectional survey research design. The population of the study was about 2000 while the sample size of 322 was determined using Krejcie and Morgan statistical table. Multi-Stage and purposive sampling technique were utilized to study the entire sample of the respondents. Two hypotheses formulated were tested using Chi-square and Multiple Linear Regression. The findings of the study revealed that there is a positive relationship between government interventions and the growth of small scale business enterprises in Dekina Local Government Area, Kogi State. It was also established that corruption, political interference and administrative obstacles such as high interest rates, heavy collateral etc. were the major factors affecting the accessibility of SSE operators to the government interventions, including inadequate awareness of SSE operators about government interventions. Arising from the findings, it was recommended among others that there should be sensitization on the existence of the interventions and the criteria for accessing the intervention be made easily accessible and available to all categories of small scale enterprises operators irrespective of their socio-cultural backgrounds and political affiliations as the case may be.</strong></p&gt