Authors : O. Omotoso and J.T. Owolabi
Abstract: Poverty is a state of being poor, being deprived from opportunities as a results of several factors and a state of inequality. It is a situation of low income or low consumption, Jamison and Lau the situation when the resources of families or individuals are inadequate to provide a socially acceptable standard of living. People all over the world should not be allowed to become so poor that they offend or are hurtful to society. It is not so much misery and plight of the poor but the discomfort and cost to the community which is crucial to this view of poverty. In Nigeria for example, the problem of poverty is all over to the extent that low income creates problems for those who are not poor. In this research, the poverty situation and various ways through which the cankerworm has manifested in Ekiti State, the case study, was looked into. The research work employs Orthodox Western views, Marxian theoretical formulations and other social Scientists view to conceptualize the phenomenon. It examines the causes of poverty in Ekiti State and looks into the prospects of poverty in Ekiti State.
O. Omotoso and J.T. Owolabi , 2007. Rural Poverty and its Implication for Regional Planning in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The Social Sciences, 2: 70-75.