Okoji, O.O2021-05-182021-05-182008-06-0910189 – 6687https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/5214Journal ArticleIn Nigeria, the problem of poverty has, for a fairly long time been a cause for concern to the various tiers of government. .Thus many programmes had been put in place especially by the Federal Government. Hence, this paper examined critically the interventional strategies that the Federal Government had adopted from time immemorial towards poverty alleviation in rural communities in Nigeria. It also diagnosis why the interventional strategies had not produced the desired result in terms of alleviating poverty in rural communities in the country. The paper was rounded off with suggestions on how poverty alleviation programmes can be effectively planned and efficiently implementedenLitercy education, intervention, higher and education