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| Towards Transforming Sub-Sahara Africa through Collective Rural Development |
Dibie, Godfrey Atunu, Robert, Odey Simon
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Abstract:
Sub-Sahara Africa’s development seems to be a mirage across the ages, as it continues to battle with development problems at continental, regional and national levels. Any development that is urban-centred alone, to the near complete exclusion of rural areas, is inconsequential and unsustainable. Regrettably, that is the kind of development obtained commonly in this region. Rural development is neglected by even the grass root governments and people. This hampers the realisation and sustainability of development goals. This paper makes a case for collective rural development as a pragmatic means for transforming the region. It reveals that both government and individuals are yet to do the right thing in order to develop and transform the rural areas of this region. Development efforts so far are urban-centred for political propaganda, selfish interest and to make a splash, which result in rural-urban drift, rural underdevelopment and impoverishment. As a position paper, it draws basically from secondary sources- library and internet print materials. Besides, intuition and non-participant observation are the primary sources employed. Descriptive method and qualitative approach are employed pursuant to the nature and preoccupations of the study, alongside the text-content analysis sourced secondary data analysis. The paper submits that collective rural development is a panacea for the development issues of the Sub-Saharan Africa. It recommends that rural development should be taken very seriously as the beginning point of development by all and sundry, government, NGOs, corporate institutions and individuals alike. Rapid rural development programmes and gestures should be evolved and sustained.
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