Assessment of People’s Perception of Grassroots Community Development Projects in Ezza South Lga Of Ebonyi State

Assessment of People’s Perception of Grassroots Community Development Projects in Ezza South Lga Of Ebonyi State.

ABSTRACT  

This research work dealt with the Assessment of People’s Perception about Grassroots Community Development Projects in Ezza South L.G.A of Ebonyi State. To carry out the study effectively, five (5) research questions and 3 null hypotheses were formulated by the researcher. The population for the study consists of four thousand and twenty (4020) women and men members of town unions of the twelve (12) communities that make up Ezza South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The major instrument used for collection of data was questionnaire.

The data collected were analyzed using simple percentages, weighted mean and t-test statistical tools. The major findings of the study are:

(1) that awareness creation through tradition or mass media, seminar, employing the services of traditional institutions and town unions/community-based organization and involving influential members in the community are effective strategies for mobilizing people for grassroots community development projects.

(ii) that prioritizing the needs of the community, listing methods of achieving the objectives of the project, making a list of resources for the project implementation, people determining time and duration of implementing the project, involving people in projects formulation, making provisions for emergency situation and ensuring people’s trust through free flow of communication are effective procedure of planning grassroots community development projects

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page – – – – – – – – – – – – i
Approval Page – – – – – – – – – – – ii
Dedication – – – – – – – – – – – – iii
Acknowledgement – – – – – – – – – – iv
Table of contents – – – – – – – – – – v
List of Table – – – – – – – – – – – vii
Abstract – – – – – – – – – – – viii

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION – – – – – – – 1
Background of the Study – – – – – – – – – – 1
Statement of the Problem – – – – – – – – – 7
Purpose of the Study – – – – – – – – – – – 8
Significance of the Study – – – – – – – – – 8
Scope of the Study – – – – – – – – – 9
Research Questions – – – – – – – – – – 9
Hypotheses – – – – – – – – – – – 10

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW – – – – – – 11
Conceptual Framework – – – – – – – – – 11
Theoretical Framework – – – – – – – – – – 38
Empirical Framework – – – – – – – – – – 41
Summary of Literature Review – – – – – – – – 43

CHAPTER THREE: METHODOLOGY – – – – – – – 45
Design of the Study – – – – – – – – – – 45
Area of the Study – – – – – – – – – – 45
Population of the Study – – – – – – – – – 46
Sample and Sampling Technique – – – – – – – – 46
Instrument for Data Collection – – – – – – – – – 47
Validation of the Instrument – – – – – – – – – 47
Reliability of the Instrument – – – – – – – – – 48
Procedures for Data Collection – – – – – – – – 48
Method of Data Analysis – – – – – – – – – 48

CHAPTER FOUR: PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA – – – 50
Demographic Characteristics of the Respondents – – – – – 50
Research Question One – – – – – – – – – 52
Research Question Two – – – – – – – – – 53
Research Question Three – – – – – – – – – 54
Research Question Four – – – – – – – – – 55
Research Question Five – – – – – – – – – 56
Hypothesis One – – – – – – – – – – 56
Hypothesis Two – – – – – – – – – – 57
Hypothesis Three – – – – – – – – – – 58

CHAPTER FIVE:DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS, SUMMARY OF THE FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS – – – – – – – – – 60
Discussion of findings – – – – – – – – – -60
Summary of the
Findings – – – – – – – – – 61
Implications of the Study – – – – – – – – – 65
Recommendation – – – – – – – – – – 66
Limitations of the study – – – – – – – – – 67
Suggestion for Further Study – – – – – – – – – 67
Summary – – – – – – – – – – – 67
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INTRODUCTION  

The concept of community development when viewed from the angle of improving the quality of living of the people in a given community could be said to be as old as when man began his existence on earth. This informed Aguene (1998), quoting Onokothorage and Okafor said that community development model of rural development has for long been applied in Nigeria.

It is desired in Nigeria as an important aspect of development administration. Community development, according to Bassey (2002) is the stimulation of the desire for better things and the urge to attain such things. It involves the promotion of better living conditions through projects that the local people support through their own initiative and or their full involvement in the implementation process.

Anyanwu (1992) pointed out that community development was introduced to evoke the initiative of the masses in a movement in order to promote better living for the whole communities. He maintained that community development is a movement that aims at promoting better, happier, healthier and more fruitful living for all the members of a community. It is sustained by the determination to achieve a satisfying end.

Kuponiyi, Olarinde and Ayanwuyi (2007) maintained that community development is an empowerment strategy which enables local people to exploit to their advantage community’s human and material resources, which would otherwise lie dormant and perpetuate ignorance and poverty. It enables the people to embark on development effort through their concerted efforts.

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