IMPACT OF DFRRI PROGRAMME IN ASKIRA -UBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BORNO STATE

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1998
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ANDIYAWA, UBA ISAAC
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V ABSTRACT The unbalanced development policies of the previous administrations in this country, with urban biased development at the detriment of the rural areas, have led to the worsening conditions of living of the people in rural areas of the country. This problem has completed the need to shift the development policy to favour the rural areas as to improve their quality of life and making their development self-sustaining. To this effects the Nigerian Government had tried many agricultural and other rural development programmes. But the results of these efforts have been unimpressive in improving the standard of living of the rural people. Consequently, the Nigerian rural areas remained neglected and their living standard got worsen off. It was this very problem that prompted the Babangida's Administration to establish the DFRRI in 1986. It is a programme of Integrated Rural Development approach designed for the nation and applied nation wide with huge financial backing. Thus as at by 1997, the Directorate has been in operation for a period of about ten years with its target of meeting the over all aim of rural development policy of the nation. The research problems stems from the fact that DFRRI Officials are making wide publicity that the Directorate has made some considerable achievement in the country. But yet contrary to these claim, the general public still complaining that DFRRI has not performed satisfactorily to justify the huge financial backing exhausted by the Directorate. Thus there is a need to assess the impact of DFRRI projects taking Askira-Uba Local Government Area as the study area. vi Specific objectives of their research is to assess the impact of DFRRI roads, infrastructures, agriculture and other none physical programmes as mass mobilization for public participation in rural development programmes. Methodology employed for the research are as follows: sources of informations are both primary and secondary. Methods of data collection involves interviewing and questionnaire surveys. Sampling techniques are combination of griding system and random sampling of households within each grid. Sample size considered all the village units in the local government area. And method of data analysis is the application of spear mans correlation coefficient (rs) to test if there is correlation between DFRRI projects and changes which occurred in people living conditions. The results of the research have made it clear that the Directorate had embarked on and excuted some physical projects as feeder roads construction and reconstructions, rural water sources provision and rehabilitations, rural electrification and agricultural project. But relative to the targeted population size, the rural physical project developed are few, hence the positive impacts are felt by a relatively very few rural populace of the area. The living conditions of the greater rural mass still low, without desirable positive changes. Worst still, some undesirable changes have been identified to have occured and increased during the DFRRI operation period. Such undesirable occurances are the increasing rates of armed robbery, drug abuse, corruption, divorce and the likes which emerged among the rural communities. Unlike the planned programme, during the Directorate's operation in the area, the community leaders, community based organisations and individuals were less involved in the programmes. vii The research has proven that DFRRI programmes in Askira-Uba local government area have established some inadequate physical projects relative to the largeted population, and thus made very unempressive impacts on the living conditions of the rural mass.
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DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY (RURAL DEVELOPMENT UNIT) FACULTY OF SCIENCE AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA.
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IMPACT,, DFRRI,, PROGRAMME,, ASKIRA -UBA,, LOCAL,, GOVERNMENT,, AREA,, BORNO,, STATE.
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