Call for Papers : Volume 15, Issue 03, March 2024, Open Access; Impact Factor; Peer Reviewed Journal; Fast Publication

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Sustainable Rural Development Programmes In Nigeria: Issues And Challenges

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The quest for rural development in Nigeria has spurred government at all levels to initiate various efforts aimed at solving perennial problems of the rural areas. At different period, they have launched series of programmes to ensure better living for the rural dwellers. This study relied on secondary data by making use of past literature in order to examine the successes and shortcomings of the programmes. The focus of this paper therefore is to critically examine the various rural development programmes in Nigeria in terms of achievements and challenges and thereafter recommend planning and policy issues to the policy makers. While some programmes have been acknowledged to have yielded the expected results even up till today, many others are short lived and failed to achieve results. This is evident in the predominance of the problems they were meant to solve in the first place- rural poverty, rural-urban migration, low productivity, illiteracy and maternal mortality among others. The paper concluded by recommending some holistic measures to ensure sustainable rural development programmes in Nigeria. These include the design of comprehensive template for rural development, massive industrialization of rural areas, citizen participation, public-private partnership in rural development and discipline among the ruling elites among others.

Author: 
Raheem, Wasiu Mayowa and Bako, Abdullateef Iyanda
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