Abubakar 2006 conducted a study on local government and local rural development in nigeria. Oct 17, 2016 in fact, on the whole, the role played by government in rural communities have in some or many ways failed at addressing the key issues in rural development. The role of community self help projects in rural development. The key problem facing most local governments is lack of adequate finance to implement various. His research findings identified that there was participation in project planning and implementation. This paper examined local government and the challenges of rural development in nigeria from 1999 till date. Lack of basic infrastructural facilities has been one of the problems of rural poverty in nigeria. The central purpose of local government is to make findings on governmental presence at the grass roots. Governance from below free to download studies, papers, data, and other resources on local. It is based on this knowledge gap that this study seeks to critically reflect on the impact of local government system on rural development in nigeria.
This work was undertaken with a view to ascertaining the effort made so far in the area of rural development in nigeria with a focus on anaocha local government area of anambra state as a case study, which delved into the following areas. A case study of ogbadibo lga in benue state abstract this research examines local government administration and rural or community development in nigeria with emphasis on the institutions, agencies, policies and strategies employed to bring about the much needed. Local government administration in nigeria and community. Local government and the challenges of rural development in nigeria 1999 to date. Download fulltext pdf download fulltext pdf read fulltext. It is the efforts of universities to help in rural development.
However idemili south local government area is not immune to the challenges of rural development in nigeria. Abstract this study is designed to investigate the impact of local government in rural development. Rural development intervention and the challenges of. For the level of community development in gombe local government, nigeria mean range response mode interpretation 3. Rural development is more realistic when people participate in the process of infrastructure provision because at the heart of rural development projects are infrastructures and for the overall goals and objectives to be met, the principle for effective community. Programme for food security, technical assistance or technology transfer, the. This paper examines the impact of local government on community and rural development in nigeria, challenges and the way forward. Pdf evaluation of rural development strategies in nigeria.
Local agenda 21 in south africa coedited with penny urquhart, for the department of. Effect of psychological dispositions of cooperative. Paper prepared for presentation at the farm management association of nigria conference, asaba, nigeria, october 1820, 2005. The primary and secondary sources of data collection were used in the research and the researcher found out during the research that local government was established to provide the services which the federal and state. Local government and the challenges of rural development in nigeria 1999 to date adedire solomon adebayo abstract. Local government is a political subdivision of a national government, or in federal system, a subdivision of regional government in fact, local government administration is so intentioned with local government and rural development in nigeria that any discussion on one out of necessity involves the other. Free basic education policy and songhai initiative for the development of the state, and it was discovered that. Nigeria operates a federal system with feeble attempts at democratic practice and has three tiers of government namely. Participation of youth in rural leadership development activities in yewa south local government area of ogun state, nigeria adeyanju agbelemoge and s. Pdf local government administration and rural development in. Pdf local government autonomy as a strategy for socio. Project topic the impact of local government on rural.
Local government system in nigeria as instrument for rural. Local government and rural development in nigeria with abstract, chapter 15, references and questionnaire. Thus, the subsequent local government decree of 1989, 1990 and 1992 have all intended to operationalize the third tier status of local government in nigeria, therefore, granting it a high degree of autonomy as well as increase in their revenue allocation. Local government and the challenges of rural development in. Sustain free antiretroviral treatment for youth liv. Decentralization of local government and rural development in.
Thus, the need to assess the roles and impacts of self help projects on the rural development of the study area forms the major focus of this study. Federal republic of nigeria national youth policy enhancing youth. Becoming more common as the rationale for free public. The survey of local government economic development activities 3. Consequently, it equally evaluates the extent local government system. Pdf local government and the challenges of rural development. The role of local government in rural development in nigeria. Analysis of road transport impact on rural development in. Local government has existed in all countries of the world though under different names such as local authority, local administration, county council and district administration etc.
Rural poverty and the challenges of local government in national development in nigeria with abstract, chapter 15, references and questionnaire. The transfer of responsibilities may enhance the quality and efficiency of service provision. Mrlghrd ministry of regional and local government, housing and rural development mtef medium term expenditure framework mti ministry of trade and industry mtp medium term plan ndps national development plans ngo nongovernmental organization nrdc national rural development council. Constitutionally, local government represents the third tier of governmental organization in nigeria the others being the federal and state governments. The role of local governments in rural development a case study of anaocha local government area of anambra state abstract. This publication is printed on permanent, acidfree paper in compliance with the north carolina general statutes. In addition, when oil prices fell leading to a fall in revenue and per capita income, the government.
Local government, local governance and sustainable. Objectives of rural developmentbased on the scope of rural development improving the total welfare of the rural lowincome people, ijere, 1990 identified the following objectives of rural development. Sep 01, 2017 project topic the impact of local government on rural development in nigeria. Local government being the third tier of government in nigeria is established to ensure development in the rural area. Chapter two is based on assessment of local government and rural development in rural development, in postcolonial nigerians examined, it emphasis the effectiveness of nigeria local government. Theoretically, the study provides a theoretical framework for the understanding of the role of local government in rural development in nigeria. Local government administration and the challenges of. Rural development intervention and the challenges of sustainable livelihood in an oil producing area of nigeria1 babajide ololajulo, university of ibadan, nigeria in 2007, in igbokoda, the headquarters of ilaje local government, an oilproducing area of nigeria, adebayo asogbon, a man in his midthirties, brought to me two. Rural development framework, for the free state provincial government. Therefore considering the pivotal role of local government in development in general, such information will be of immense help for policy formulation on the development of grassroots. May 12, 2018 however, the establishment of local government in nigeria arises from the need to facilitate rural development through infrastructure development and delivery.
The argument for giving increased attention to the problem of rural areas is pioneer and widely acceptable by scholars. Critical reflections on the local government system and rural. The local government on this note is considered in the nigeria context as the natural base of rural development and from this perspective, they should be rooted in the national struggle to realize, economic growth and the total transformation and development of our rural areas. Agricultural extension, rural development and the food security. Local government as a vehicle of rural development. Siec conducts the election, it will never be free and fair.
Data were generated from both primary and secondary sources. The role of local governments in rural development a case study of anaocha local government area of anambra state abstract this work was undertaken with a view to ascertaining the effort made so far in the area of rural development in nigeria with a focus on anaocha local government area of anambra state as a case study, which delved into the following areas. Pdf this study examined local government administration and rural development in enugu state. Assessing the level of rural infrastructure in nigeria. Where local governments have not measured up to expectation in the provision of the basic services, such local governments are deemed to have failed.
In developing countries, such as nigeria, rural development projects will include agricultural setup projects, rural water supply projects, rural electrification projects, rural feederroad and maintenance projects, rural health and. The state governments are supposed to be supervising the activities of the local government councils in their various areas of jurisdictions, to ensure probity and accountability in the management of local government revenue for effective rural development and transformation. Participation of youth in rural leadership development. Oct 14, 2020 to this end, this work intends to critically evaluate and assess the role of local government in rural development. Sep 04, 2020 proceed now to download page introduction. This dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the walden dissertations and doctoral.
Pdf rural entrepreneurship and rural development in nigeria. Local government, local governance and sustainable development. Government s involvement in infrastructural provision began as far back as 1917 when the colonial government promulgated the township ordinance. This study is aimed at assessing community participation in rural development projects in sapele lga, delta state. More so, local government could also be seen as the third tier of government known as a body corporate which is administered by law within elected and appointed representative with a reasonable autonomy and can be sue and sued. School of government and nc rural economic developm. The quest for rural development in nigeria has spurred government at all levels to initiate various efforts aimed at solving perennial problems of the rural areas. Financing agriculture in nigeria through agricultural extension. Local government and rural development in nigeria project. The rural poor are really nonbeneficiaries of the enormous development efforts of the past three decades. In drawing up the blue print for rural development, government of eket local aims primary at sensitizing and mobilizing the people at the grass roots level and deliberately and actively involving them in effective local government and rural development in nigeria, encouraging, integrated and multidimension approach to local government and rural development in nigeria for the government to achieve the grass roots development.
North local government of anambra state nigeria to discover whether their members possess psychological dispositions that can hamper rural development in the area. Food and agriculture organization of the united nations fao council was directed to establish. It has become a tremendous and pretentious phenomenon in mopamuro local government, since the government is expected to serve as effective instrument of rural development. Rural road infrastructural challenges african journals online. Grassroot democracy and the challenges of rural development in. The role of local government in economic development. Various development plans by the nigerian government as a tool to achieve sustainable poverty reduction and rural transformation have not given much significant result. It also suggest a fundamental solution to the problem of local government in nigeria. Various rural development policies instituted in nigeria to alleviate the.
Democracy and governance in africa democratization in africa. Nigeria has a total of 774 local government areas lgas. A case study of anaocha local government area of anambra state abstract this work was undertaken with a view to ascertaining the effort made so far in the area of rural development in nigeria with a focus on anaocha local government area of anambra state as a case study, which delved into the doc, pdf. Such possible doubts, mistrust and ignorant behaviours have hindered the. North local government of anambra state nigeria to discover whether their members possess psychological. Nigeria is a country with a federal system of government where there is constitutional division of powers among the levels of government that is the central, state. Aim and objectives of the study those present study aimed at examining the impact of self help projects in irepodun local government area, kwara state, nigeria. Agricultural extension services, adp, agricultural development. In terms of rural transportation development, the local government in the country planned for the provision of inter cityvillage bus. It was found out that efforts made by the nigerian government though several strategies like the nations development plans from colonial era to date which were exrayed did not bring about meaningful development. This has deterredy the development of local government in nigeria. Effect of psychological dispositions of cooperative members.
Local government and the challenges of rural development. This research examines local government administration and rural or community development in nigeria with emphasis on the institutions, agencies, policies and strategies employed to bring about the much needed rural development in the country. The food and agriculture organization of the united nation opines that agriculture is an industry that produces, processes and markets food largely in response to the daily demands of consumers within a given area, town, city and metropolis, dispersed throughout the urban areas, applying intensive production methods, using and reusing natural resources and urban wastes to yield a diversity of. Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a. Local government administration and the challenges of rural. Political autonomy and policy participation for local communities and ethnic. Rural development intervention and the challenges of sustainable livelihood in an oil producing area of nigeria1 babajide ololajulo, university of ibadan, nigeria in 2007, in igbokoda, the headquarters of ilaje local government, an oilproducing area of nigeria, adebayo asogbon, a. Local government in the new south african constitutional ordercoedited with maxine reitzes, published by eisa and heinemann press, 2000. Section 71 of 1999 constitution empowered local government to construct and maintain rural roads street lighting, water and drains and other public highways or such public facilities. Pdf on may 8, 2019, goddey wilson and others published local government autonomy as a strategy for socioeconomic development of rural communities in nigeria find, read and cite all the. Pdf on jan 1, 2014, adedire solomon adebayo published local government and the challenges of rural. Local government and rural development project topics. Furthermore, the realities that local government has contributed in rural development in nigeria can therefore be dated.
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