Abstract:
The apparent disconnection between Nigeria’s endowment in natural resources and the level
of poverty has become a cause for concern, with a serious impact on the development of the
nation. To address the poverty issue, the Nigerian government has designed various
programmes. Drawing data from official documents and other relevant materials, this article
examines such poverty eradication programmes. The article argues that as laudable as they
appear, these policies and programmes have failed because of corruption and poor design and
implementation, among others. This calls for other stakeholders to be involved in eradicating
poverty in Nigeria. This article thus looks at what the Catholic Church is doing to reduce
poverty for peace and sustainable development in Nigeria. It suggests that collaborative
governance is the key to poverty eradication, peace and sustainable development in Nigeria.
The descriptive phenomenological method was employed in the study.
