COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS A STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CHIKUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE

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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS A STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CHIKUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE

Abstract
This study is basically on the failures of other strategies at the National, State and Local
Government level to ensure sustainable development using community development as a
strategy. Most of the projects and programmes set by government for development are not
sustainable because the beneficiaries are not actively involved (participation). The objectives
of the study include: to determine the relevance of Community development projects and their
effects on Sustainable development; and the effect of community participation on Sustainable
development in Chikun Local Government. The propositions for the research work are:
community development projects and programmes are not of great relevance to sustainable
development in Chikun Local Government; and community participation on projects and
programmes to a greater extent do not lead to sustainable development in Chikun Local
Government. The study uses the survey research method which include the use of instruments
of interviews, questionnaire administration and using checklist of issues for observation as
primary sources, while the secondary sources comprises files, reports, minute books, budgets
etc. on activities, decisions, financial reports, pictures of community development projects and
programmes of the Local Government and Community Development Associations. Data
collected were presented and analyzedusing tables and simple percentages. The study found
that most government plans and implementation of Community development projects and
programmes did not properly involve the beneficiaries, from its initial stage to completion. We
also found that there is problem of misplacement of priority by the government, as to the
pressing need of the people at a time is not what the government is providing them with. The
Local Government projects and programmes are not sustained or maintained because the
supposed beneficiaries do not see it as their own since they lack any sense of ownership during
initiation and even implementation of the projects and programmes. To this end, this study
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recommend that people`s participation philosophy of mobilizing resources and organizing the
community people both the rural populace to the urban centers to have cogent interests in
providing for their wellbeing, need to be properly emphasized and utilized. This will stimulate
the feeling of ownership of such development projects/programmes by benefiting communities
and by implication promote sustainable development. Government at various strata including
the federal, state and most especially local governments, have to come to terms with the fact
that there is an inherent importance in “the participatory development theory” which
advocates community populace active participation in decision-making and implementation of
policies that affect and mould their lives. This will ensure that projects/programmes of
government are exactly the felt needs of benefiting communities.

TABLE OF CONTENT

Title page- – – – – – – – – i
Approval page – – – – – – – -ii
Dedication – – – – – – – – -iii
Acknowledgement – – – – – – – -iv
Abstract – – – – – – – – – -v
Table of content – – – – – – – -vi

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION – – – – – – – -1
1.0 Background of the study – – – – -1
1.1 Statement of the problem – – – – -5
1.2 Purpose of the study – – – – – -6
1.3 Significance of the study – – – – -8
1.4 Research questions – – – – – -9
1.5 Scope of the study – – – – – – -10

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW – – – – – – -11

CHAPTER THREE

Research methodology – – – – – – -39
Design of study – – – – – – – -40

CHAPTER FOUR

Presentation, analysis and interpretation of data – -48

CHAPTER FIVE

Summary of findings – – – – – – -60
Conclusion – – – – – – – – -61
Recommendations – – – – – – – -62
Suggestions for further research – – – – -64
References – – – – – – – – -65
Appendix I – – – – — – – – -68
Questionnaire. – – – – – – – -69

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AS A STRATEGY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN CHIKUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE

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