An Evaluation of Local Government and SURE-P Implementation Challenges on Rural Community Development: A Case of Selected Local Government in Niger State, Nigeria
Keywords:
policy implementation, rural, rural development, SURE-p, local government
Abstract
Rural areas play an essential role in the national economy, the environment, and society, contribute to the preservation of cultural heritage and the sustainable income of peasants in the rural areas in Nigeria hence, diverse strategies for rural community development. However, rural community development efforts by local governments and policies hindered by challenges. SURE-P was an intervention by the government of Nigeria after the partial removal of the subsidy and resolved to invest the proceeds in pursuing rural development across Nigeria. Rural development is a multifaceted phenomenon that requires a policy with multi-side sword effects in curbing the challenges. The research objective was to examine the challenges of local government and SURE-P implementation on rural community development in the selected local government in Niger, Nigeria. The study employed primary data collection and qualitative analytical method analysis. The research founds that SURE-P implementation challenges hindered the local government’s efforts in meeting the rural community development objective. It is recommended that, need for thorough community’s needs identification, community participation, and adequate funding with a holistic process devoid of political interference as a viable mechanism for curbing rural development challenges.
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Kusakabe, E. (2013). Advancing sustainable development at the local level: The case of machizukuri in Japanese cities. Progress in Planning, 80, 1-65.
Lawal, T. (2014). Local government and rural infrastructural delivery in Nigeria. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 4(4), 139.
Madumo, O. S. (2015). Developmental local government challenges and progress in South Africa.
Miller, D. (1999). Principles of social justice: Harvard University Press.
Okafor, C., Chukwuemeka, E. E., & Udenta, J. O. (2015). Developmental Local Government as a model for grassroots socio-economic development in Nigeria. AFRREV IJAH: An International Journal of Arts and Humanities, 4(2), 42-61.
Paul, O., Agba, M., & Chukwurah, D. (2014). Rural development programmes and rural Underdevelopment in Nigeria: A rethink. International Journal of Public Administration and Management Research, 2(4), 1-14.
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Rawls, J. (2009). A theory of justice: Harvard university press.
Roemer, J. E. (2008). Equality of opportunity. The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics 1–8, 1811-1816.
Saetren, H. (2005). Facts and myths about research on public policy implementation: Out‐of‐Fashion, allegedly dead, but still very much alive and relevant. Policy Studies Journal, 33(4), 559-582.
Saunders, B., Sim, J., Kingstone, T., Baker, S., Waterfield, J., Bartlam, B., . . . Jinks, C. (2018). Saturation in qualitative research: exploring its conceptualization and operationalization. Quality & Quantity, 52(4), 1893-1907.
Sen, A. K. (2000). Social justice and distribution of income. HANDBOOKS IN ECONOMICS, 16, 59-86.
Sen, A. K. (2009). The idea of justice: Harvard University Press.
Shah, A., & Shah, S. (2009). The new vision of local governance and the evolving roles of local governments. Journal of Public Administration, 3(1), 2-15.
Sikander, T. (2015). A theoretical framework of local government. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 5(6), 171-176.
UN-Habitat. (2015). The challenge of local government financing in developing countries. In: Author Nairobi.
Van Lange, P. A. (1999). The pursuit of joint outcomes and equality in outcomes: An integrative model of social value orientation. Journal of personality and social psychology, 77(2), 337.
Walker, R. M., & Andrews, R. (2015). Local government management and performance: A review of evidence. Journal of public administration research and theory, 25(1), 101-133.
Published
2021-06-10
How to Cite
Jibrin, A., Muhammad Tayeb, A. and Razali, S. Z. (2021) “An Evaluation of Local Government and SURE-P Implementation Challenges on Rural Community Development: A Case of Selected Local Government in Niger State, Nigeria”, Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH), 6(6), pp. 237 - 246. doi: 10.47405/mjssh.v6i6.816.
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