Community-Driven Development (CDD) treats the people and their institutions as partners and assets in the community development process while inefficiency or lacking Infrastructure impedes the growth of economic and social-related ventures in communities. This paper explores the contribution of residents/households to communal efforts in the provision and maintenance of community infrastructure in Ondo State, Nigeria. This includes investigation into project identification, financial contribution, approaches to community development, effects of households’ action and quality of support among others. With a survey approach, three hundred and seventy (370) households were selected across the state in a multistage sampling process to administer a well-structured open and close-ended questionnaire; using residential buildings as sampling units. Six (6) urban and rural settlements were targeted for the data gathering across the three (3) senatorial districts of the state. Major findings established a high involvement in project identification and availability as labourers for general infrastructure provision. Dominant infrastructure support was in connection with electricity provision, road maintenance and water provision (in the form of boreholes and wells). Financial constraints limited road “engagement” due to the high cost of macadam surfacing. As part of the recommendations, transparency and accountability by community organisations are proposed to further encourage financial donations by residents. Also, International Organisations are encouraged to focus more on road construction in rural communities and poorly accessed areas of urban centres to make up for residents’ inability to fund such projects.
Author (s) Details
J.A.B. Olujimi
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University of
Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
A.A. Emmanuel
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University of
Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
O.O. Simon-Oke
Department of Economics, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
F.C. Arowosafe
Department of Ecotourism and Wildlife Management, Federal University of
Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
O.O. Popoola
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University of
Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
T. Akinbode
Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Federal University of
Technology, Akure, Nigeria.
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