ABSTRACT
This
research work is an evaluation of the challenges militating against rural
development in Nigeria: A case study of Ebonyi Local Government Area. Indeed
the primary reason for this study is to fulfill one of the necessary
requirement for the award of Bachelors Degree in Public Administration and
Local Government, but there are other cogent reasons behind the choice of this
topic and embarking on the findings. During the course of this study on the
factors militating against rural Development in the rural communities, it was
established that they are diverse and complex. They range from high level of
illiteracy, insufficient pursuit of self-help projects in rural communities
maladministration by the Local Government Chairmen, poor rural development
planning and infrastructural decay and insufficiency and rural poverty of the
people. The impact and severity of these problems vary from community to
community. It was based on these identified hindering forces that a number of
strategies of the predicaments were suggested.
TOPIC
EVALUATING THE CHALLENGES MILITATING AGAINST RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
A CASE STUDY OF EBONYI LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AREA OF EBONYI STATE
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
PACIFIC WESTERN UNIVERSITY, DENVER
STATE OF COLORADO, USA
AT MACOTIS UCCU, GLOBAL CAMPUS
TABLE OF
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Title
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Approval
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Certification
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Dedication
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Acknowledgment
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Table
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List
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Abstract
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CHAPTER ONE: Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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1.1
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Background
of the Study - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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1.2
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Statement
of the Problem - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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1.3
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Purpose
of the Study - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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1.4
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Significance
of the Study - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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1.5
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Scope
of the Study - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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1.6
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Research
Questions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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CHAPTER TWO: Literature Review - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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2.1
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The
meaning of rural development - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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2.2
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Rural
Neglect and underdevelopment in Nigeria - - - - - - -
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2.3
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Challenges
in rural development - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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2.4
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Strategies
for rural development in Nigeria - - - - - - - - - -
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CHAPTER THREE: Research Methodology - - - - - - - - -
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3.1
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Research
Design - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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3.2
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Population
of the Study - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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3.3
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Sample
and sampling techniques - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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3.4
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Instrument
for data collection - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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3.5
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Method
of data collection data analysis - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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3.6
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Method
of data analysis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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3.7
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Validation
of the instrument - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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3.8
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Reliability
of the instrument - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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CHAPTER FOUR:
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Presentation,
analysis and summary of data - - - - - - - - - - -
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CHAPTER FIVE:
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Discussion,
Conclusion, Recommendation and Summary -
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5.1
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Discussion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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5.2
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Conclusion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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5.3
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Recommendation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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5.4
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Summary
of the Finding - - - - - - - - - - - -
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References - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Appendix
(Questionnaire) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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LIST OF
TABLES
1. Is Ebonyi Local Government Area
underdevelopment?
2. Do the
communities understand the value and use of self-help prgorammes in rural
development?
3. Does
the previous and present chairmen of the Local Government make enough effort
and commitment to develop the rural communities?
4. Do you
agree that the educated ones lack commitment to the rural development of Ebonyi
Local Government rural communities?
5. Do you
agree that illiteracy contributes bye and large to rural backwardness in
development of communities in Ebonyi Local Government Area?
6. Do you
agree that people in the rural communities of Ebonyi Local Government Area,
have access to few infrastructural facilities like pipe-borne water,
electricity post office and good network of roads.
7. Can it
be accepted that communal crisis and boundary dispute militate against rural
development in Ebonyi Local Government Area?
8. Do you
agree that if modern mechanized farming is encouraged and pursued by the
administrators of the Local Government Area rural development can be enhanced?
9. Do you
agree that genuine economic empowerment of the youths and rural co-operatives
will significantly engender rapid development of rural communities of Ebonyi
Local Government Area?
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Title
page - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
i
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|
|
Approval
page- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
ii
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|
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Certification
page - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
iii
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Dedication
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
iv
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|
|
Acknowledgment
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
v
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|
Table
of content - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
vi
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|
List
of tables - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
vii
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Abstract
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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x
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CHAPTER ONE: Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
-
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1
|
|
1.1
|
Background
of the Study - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
1
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|
1.2
|
Statement
of the Problem - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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4
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1.3
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Purpose
of the Study - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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5
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1.4
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Significance
of the Study - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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6
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1.5
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Scope
of the Study - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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8
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1.6
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Research
Questions - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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8
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CHAPTER TWO: Literature Review - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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9
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|
2.1
|
The
meaning of rural development - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
9
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|
2.2
|
Rural
Neglect and underdevelopment in Nigeria - - - - - - -
|
13
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|
2.3
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Challenges
in rural development - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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16
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2.4
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Strategies
for rural development in Nigeria - - - - - - - - - -
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21
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CHAPTER THREE: Research Methodology - - - - - - - - -
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26
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3.1
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Research
Design - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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26
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3.2
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Population
of the Study - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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28
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3.3
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Sample
and sampling techniques - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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29
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3.4
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Instrument
for data collection - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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30
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3.5
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Method
of data collection data analysis - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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31
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3.6
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Method
of data analysis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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31
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3.7
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Validation
of the instrument - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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31
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3.8
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Reliability
of the instrument - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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31
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CHAPTER FOUR:
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Presentation,
analysis and summary of data - - - - - - - - - - -
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32
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CHAPTER FIVE:
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Discussion,
Conclusion, Recommendation and Summary -
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40
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5.1
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Discussion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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40
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5.2
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Conclusion - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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41
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5.3
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Recommendation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - -
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42
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5.4
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Summary
of the Finding - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - -
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43
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References - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
45
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Appendix
(Questionnaire) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
|
48
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LIST OF
TABLES
1. Is Ebonyi Local Government Area
underdevelopment?
2. Do the
communities understand the value and use of self-help prgorammes in rural
development?
3. Does
the previous and present chairmen of the Local Government make enough effort
and commitment to develop the rural communities?
4. Do you
agree that the educated ones lack commitment to the rural development of Ebonyi
Local Government rural communities?
5. Do you
agree that illiteracy contributes bye and large to rural backwardness in
development of communities in Ebonyi Local Government Area?
6. Do you
agree that people in the rural communities of Ebonyi Local Government Area,
have access to few infrastructural facilities like pipe-borne water,
electricity post office and good network of roads.
7. Can it
be accepted that communal crisis and boundary dispute militate against rural
development in Ebonyi Local Government Area?
8. Do you
agree that if modern mechanized farming is encouraged and pursued by the
administrators of the Local Government Area rural development can be enhanced?
9. Do you
agree that genuine economic empowerment of the youths and rural co-operatives
will significantly engender rapid development of rural communities of Ebonyi
Local Government Area?
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