SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS PROMOTING FINANCIAL INCLUSION AND REVENUE GENERATION IN KADUNA STATE

Abstract

Financial inclusion tries to widen the participants in the formal financial system. This study
was designed to examine the effect of Various Social Interventions in promoting financial
inclusion and expanding internally generated revenue of Kaduna State. The study employed
the ex-post facto research design and secondary data was extracted from the State Annual
Accountant General Reports and Records from Kaduna Social Investment Programme Agency
over a timeframe spanning from 2020 to 2024. The data was analyzed using the multiple
regression and results reveals that these interventions. (National Conditional cash transfers,
National Homegrown School Feeding Program) have significant influence to financial access
of Kaduna state citizenry, it also improved the state revenue generation through various
sources. The paper highlights the importance of government initiatives and deliberate policies
in supporting financial inclusion and revenue generation in Kaduna state. It was recommended
that revenue authorities in Kaduna should collaborate with the existing financial institutions
in promoting financial inclusion in the state.