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| Communal Conflict and Rural Development in South East Nigeria
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EBO, Kate A. & Prof. Jude O. E. Udenta
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Abstract:
The study is about "Communal Conflict and Rural Development in South East Nigeria". The specific objectives were to: identify the effect of communal land disputes on rural agricultural production in South East Nigeria; ascertain the effect of communal chieftaincy tussle on healthcare services delivery in South East Nigeria and determine the effect of communal conflict over control of natural resources on Human Capital Development Index of South East Nigeria. This research employed survey research design. The population of the study was 9,372,347. The sample size of the study was 369, determined through the use of Freund and Williams formula The collected data was analyzed through the use of Mean score. The Chi-square test was applied to test the hypotheses. The findings revealed that: Communal land boundary disputes, Communal chieftaincy tussle and the struggle for control of natural resources had a significant deleterious effect in rural development of South East Nigeria. The study accor4dingly concluded that communal conflict had a devastating effect on the development of rural communities in South East Nigeria. The study recommended among others that while government and international organizations take meaningful actions to bring perpetrators of communal violence to book, the root causes such as political corruption be addressed in order to reduce scarcity and desperation.
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