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| Influence of Age Grade Associations on Rural Development in Anambra State Local Government System |
Obijuru, Johny Ugochukwu Ph.D, Obi, Helen Obiageli PhD, Chukwurah, Daniel Chi Junior Ph.D
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Abstract:
This study examined the impact of Age Grade Association as an agent of rural development, self help projects on grassroots development: A study of Anaocha Local Government, Anambra State. What promoted the study is that despite the obvious successes recorded in the recent past in the community self- help projects and grassroots development; there are yet challenges that are yet to be surmounted. Among these challenges is the non-compliance of the well-to- do individuals and elites that are indigence's of the various communities through monetary donation and to use their positions to attract government aids for grassroots development. This therefore brings a huge burden on community self- help project and the grassroots development improvement with particular reference to Awka North Local Government Area. The research has three, objectives, research questions and hypotheses. The study was anchored on diffusion of innovations theory, a term originally coined by Everett Rogers in 1962. The research adopted descriptive survey design; primary and secondary sources of data were employed in this study. The population of the study is 400. Data generated were presented in tables and responses were converted to frequencies and percentages and chi-square was used to test the hypotheses. From the study, the researcher made the following findings; the community unions / associations helped implementation of community self-help projects and grassroots development in Awka North Local Government Anambra State, secondly, the well - to - do individuals and elites that are indigenes should come and develop their communities through monetary donations and use their position to attract government aids for grassroots development in Awka North Local Government Area Anambra State. Thirdly, the continuous contribution of the community clubs and unions / association should be encouraged in order to fast track the general development of the community from the grassroots in Awka North Local Government Area Anambra State Nigeria. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended that: Non-Governmental Organization (N.G.OS), Charity Organizations multi-national companies and other business organizations can invest / grant aid to develop rural areas and help complete some of abandoned community self- help projects that dots all over the place in the rural communities in Awka North Local Government Area Anambra State, Nigeria. Finally, Government Towards capital and developmental projects in grassroots areas and make population be the focus.
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