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ABSTRACT
Federal Conditional Cash Transfer (FCCT) program was established to reduce poverty by making welfare programs conditional upon the receivers' actions. That is, the government only transfers the money to persons who meet certain criteria. Against this backdrop, the study looked into the issue in a topic titled effect of federal conditional cash transfer on poverty in Nigeria: a case study of Egor local government area Edo state. Incremental theory was adopted as a theoretical framework. The study adopted quantitative research method where questionnaires were distributed to respondents. 129 respondents representing 86% agreed that FCCT empowers the low-income households for personal business in Egor, 5 respondent representing 3.33% were undecided, while 16 respondents representing 10.67% disagreed that FCCT empowers the lowincome households for personal business in Egor. It was concluded that there is significant relationship between level of funding of the federal conditional cash transfer and promotion of socioeconomic welfare of the poor in Egor Local Government Area. Above all, it was recommended that the government should make sure the methodology for the federal conditional cash transfers Scheme is with equity considering those who has benefited and selecting from those who has not during another cash transfer in Egor Local Government Area.
