Abstract
The study focused on beneficiaries’ perception of the gains of National
Poverty Eradication Programme-Capacity Acquisition Scheme (NAPEP-CAS)
in tailoring skills for entrepreneurship in Southwest, Nigeria. The study
adopted an expo-facto research design. A purposive sample of 599 tailoring
NAPEP – CAS beneficiaries were selected from two States (Ogun and Osun)
Southwest, Nigeria. One Hundred and fifteen (115) beneficiaries were used
for pilot study while four hundred and eighty four (484) beneficiaries were
used for field survey using questionnaire to solicit information from them.
The data were analysed using frequency counts, percentages and standard
deviation. Findings show that NAPEP – CAS empowered their beneficiaries
with tailoring skills for entrepreneurial activities in order to reduce poverty.
Both male and female benefitted from the programme. The beneficiaries
perceived that there are gains in NAPEP-CAS objectives.