THE PRACTICE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

AGUENE, IGNATIUS N. (2024) THE PRACTICE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA. GOUni Journal of Faculty of Management and Social Sciences, 12 (1). pp. 173-189. ISSN 2550-7265

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Abstract

several modifications in both ideology and practice. However, successive governments have used the mobilization approach. The community development model of rural development has for long been applied to Nigeria before the colonial masters and after their departure and even up to today. Adequate literature was reviewed covering wide range of issues on rural development. Despite, the huge investments on rural development and strategies many Nigerian rural communities are not yet fully developed. The problem was in the implementation of these strategies. The Capital Maximization Economic Strategy which ensures top-down approach has never had a sustainable impact on beneficiary’s living conditions. Using descriptive and analytical approach with anecdotal evidence gleaned from a qualitative and historical literature on rural development, self-help development strategy. The study revealed that control over decision and resources eluded the agents of change in rural community. Since the rural people real agents of change were not involved in the decision making their priority were not known. Therefore, they had little or no commitment to the project implementation. If the rural people were involved at the decision stage, they will see the project as theirs and even continue where the government stopped if they could not finish the project. Moreover, in many rural communities, women are discriminated against in inheritance right, decision making mostly at the village level and non-empowerment of women were among the factors that led to underdevelopment of rural communities.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Divisions: Faculty of Management and Social Sciences
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 24 Aug 2025 13:15
Last Modified: 24 Aug 2025 13:15
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/5233

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