TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sustainable Community Development Programmes in Socially Diverse Nigerian Communities
AU - Akpunne Bede, C. AU - Ojokheta, K.O. 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 7
IS  - 5
SP  - 357
EP  - 364
PY  - 2010
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2010.357.364
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2010.357.364
KW  - Community development
KW  -peoples participation
KW  -social diversities
KW  -planning
KW  -execution organization
KW  -planninig
AB  - The success of community development programmes has been found 
  to be extensively influences by people’s ownership and participation. Studies 
  had established that the diverse social backgrounds as well as the character 
  of people’s belief, attitude and general ways of life affect their worldview 
  and consequently their participation in community development programmes. However, 
  there is a paucity of information on the extent to which this holds true in 
  Nigeria. It is against this backdrop that this study examines sustainable community 
  development programmes in socially diverse Nigerian communities. The study adopted 
  a survey research design of ex-post facto type. A total of 1424 respondents 
  resident in urban communities of Lagos state were selected through purposive 
  and simple random sampling techniques. A set of questionnaires titled, Social 
  Factors and Peoples Participation scale was used to obtain data for the study. 
  Two research questions were generated and answered. Data were analyzed through 
  simple percentages and Multiple Regression Analysis. Social factors (Membership 
  of social organizations, Income, Education and Language spoken) jointly influenced 
  people’s participation in community development programmes (R = 0.64, p<0.05). 
  These factors accounted for 64% direct influence in relation to the dependent 
  variable. The relative contributions of the variables are as follows: membership 
  of social organizations (β = 0.25, p<0.05); income (β = 0.20, p<0.05); 
  education (β = 0.17, p<0.05) and language spoken (β = 0.16, p<0.05). 
  Based on these findings, the study recommends that social organizations within 
  the community should be adequately mobilised for effective planning and execution 
  of community development programmes.
ER  -