Factors That Promote Community Development in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE        I

APPROVAL PAGE      II

DEDICATION                  III

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT       IV

ABSTRACT        V

TABLE OF CONTENTS    VI

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

Background to The study          1

Statement of Problem      3

Purpose of Study     4

Significance of Study     4

Scope of Study    5

Research Questions               5

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Conceptual Framework

Concept of Community     8

Concept of Development               9

Concept of Community Development       12

Theoretical Framework

Theory of Modernization                 15

Maslow’s theory of Motivation     16

Theoretical Studies

Efforts of the Government towards community development                    18

Efforts of the community members towards community development                19

Factors Hindering The Effective Implementation Of Community Development Programmes       23

Empirical Studies           28

Summary of Literature Review             29

CHAPTER THREE: METHOD

Research Design             31

Area of Study       32

Population of Study           32

Sample and Sampling Techniques        33

Instruments for Data Collection     34

Validation of the Instrument        34

Method of Data Collection        34

Method Of Data Analysis            35

CHAPTER FOUR: DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

Summary of Findings           46

CHAPTER FIVE: DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Discussion of Findings       48

The implication of Study  49

Conclusion             50

Recommendations       52

Suggestions for Further Research        52

REFERENCES

APPENDICES

INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

Community development and its practice in Nigeria are not new. Even before the coming of the colonial masters, several societies in Nigeria used communal efforts s mechanism for mobilizing community resources to improve physical improvement and functional facilities in their given locations in the social, political, cultural, and economic aspects of life (Ewelum and Madu, 2010).

According to Ewelum and Madu (2010), the modern concept of community development gave rise to the establishment of community development division /department/directorate as a crucial arm of government charged with the responsibility of channeling the efforts of the people towards promoting social and economic development.

Ezeh (2014) therefore defined community development as a term that denotes various strategies and interpositions through co-ordinated actions of the community members in order to usher in for the people’s social and economic development.

It is an effort geared towards achievement and solution of the problems of the community, promoting social welfare, justice, raising the standard of living, community cohesion, and developing their material and human resources to a great extent.

Alvis in Njoku (2016) defined community development as many issues ranging from the development of the neighborhood community through improved social services, protection and regeneration of natural and built environmental factors.

Through the development of economic and employment opportunities. Nwadike (2005) defined community development as an action with a goal to improve the lives of those involved in it. In certain acts, this may include improving the quality of water or constructing homes for those without shelter.

In other areas, aid may be provided for people of low economic status. Community development is not only a physical process but also a very emotional process whereby people work together to improve their living standard b building not only infrastructures but also the bonds between them.

This is in agreement with the views of U.N.O that community development is the process by which the efforts of the people are united with those of governmental authorities to improve economic, social and cultural conditions of communities, to integrate these communities into the entire national development.

The importance of community development involves improving the standard of living of the people, creating awareness to them on how to develop their country by organizing some programs in order for them to be willing to co-operate with the issue of their community to develop effectively (Obidiegwu, 204).

According to Muoghalu (2014), many community development Programmes have failed due to abandonment of some projects which they cannot complete for the fact that they lack finance, management, resources, and orientation among members. Obviously, community development will not be promoted, and no positive result can be achieved until these problems are identified and solved.

It is, therefore, necessary to identify the factors involved in promoting community development using Anaocha Local Government Area in Anambra State as a case study.

Statement of the Problem

Community development programs have been encouraged by different administrators whereby they embark on the development program in order to improve living conditions as well as contributing to national development. Apparently, communities tend to be prone to constraints that puzzle them.

This is so because maximal development efforts still hang on the balance in Nigeria and there had been problems with promoting effective community development in Anaocha local government area, Anambra State which involve lack of finance, lack of good leaders, illiteracy, and basically lackadaisical attitude of the government towards the delivery system.

The researcher is therefore moved to carry out this study mostly because of the non-challenge attitudes of members of the community towards community development and lack of government involvement that hinders community development.

This is because community development agents, community leaders, and community members are ignorant of the appropriate factors that promote community development, thus the quest to defame the factors that promote community development in Anaocha Local government area of Anambra state.

  1. is topic should be carried out in all the local government in Anambra State.

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