IMPLEMENTATION OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES / POLICIES IN NIGERIA: A SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE
Abstract:Development remains central to developing and
developed nations of the world. This concern has made nations to actively
pursue the issue of development with concerted efforts. Using different
development strategies as well as making it sustainable without affecting
future generation. This brought about the concept of sustainable development.
This study seeks to critically examine rural development programmes/policies in
Nigeria, the sustainable development perspectives. Data for the study were gathered
from the secondary sources. The findings reveals among others that Nigeria
since independence have initiated several development policies but abandoned
because of lack of proper supervision, non-release of budgeted of funds,
corruption, lack of qualified staff and so on. Consequently, the study
recommended that there should be proper and adequate supervision of all rural
development policies/programmes, qualified and adequate manpower should be
engaged to manage rural development programmes among others so that the
developmental efforts can be sustainable.