AREA DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS AS AGENTS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF SHIKA DEVELOPMENT AREA – GIWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF KADUNA STATE
AREA DEVELOPMENT COUNCILS AS AGENTS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT: CASE STUDY OF SHIKA DEVELOPMENT AREA – GIWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT OF KADUNA STATE
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2006-09
Authors
YARIMA, FEDE UWOGWENE WAYAS
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Abstract
Rural development policies and programmes as expressive as they may be seen
wrongly premised to the extent that they cannot achieve their desired objectives. This
conception forms the bases for evaluating the performance of the development areas
management committee created by the Kaduna State Government as agents of rural
development.
The strategy for developing rural areas in the 1980s for example has largely been
formed or established by the World Bank perception of what rural development is. This has
resulted in designing policies on rural development essentially, along the line of agricultural
development. However, these strategies have provided that rural development should not be
viewed in the same World Bank perspective, but rather it should be determined by the
particular problems that face the people to which the designed policies and programmes are
meant for.
The objective of this research study include:
The evaluation of the contributions or performance of the Shika development area
management committee as far as rural development is concern.
To identify the various institutions and environmental factors that affect the
performance of the Shika development area management committee.
To suggest appropriate measures that will help to improve the performance of the
development area management committee under study.
To achieve result the following hypotheses were tested:
i. Development area management committee has contributed significantly to rural
development in Shika town and its surrounding villages of the Giwa Local
Government.
ii. Participation by the rural dwellers ensures successful implementation.
The data collected by the researcher were mainly from both primary and secondary
sources which help in the presentation and the analysis of the data. Based on this the
researcher discovered that:
i. The Shika development area management committee could do better if well funded
by the both the local government and the state government.
ii. There is too much control and supervision.
iii. There is too much political interference in the activities of the Shika Development
Area.
iv. The people generally are in support of the activities of the Shika Development Area
management committee.
v. The staff are very punctual and hardworking, but the level of motivation is bellow
average.
From the study of the SDA it has been proved in conclusion, that rural areas that are
within the SDA jurisdiction have witnessed some level of progress and development. This
is consequent to provision of social amenities on quarterly based all over the area.
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POST GRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE
OF MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (MPA)
SEPTEMBER 2006
Keywords
AREA DEVELOPMENT, COUNCILS, AGENTS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, SHIKA, GIWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT, KADUNA STATE