6 - The Politics Of Infrastructural Provision in Rural Areas of Oyo State Nigeria
Corresponding Author(s) : Ayobami Abayomi Popoola
African Sociological Review,
Vol. 26 No. 1 (2022): African Sociological Review
Abstract
Over the years, rural service delivery is often subjected to political players and less of the rural public interest. The study examined rural people experiences of local government rural LGAs of Oyo state, Nigeria. The concept of governance provides the conceptual balance for this study. The study made use of a mixed approach for data collection, qualitative and quantitative tools of questionnaire and in-depth interview respectively. Two hundred and fifty (250) rural households across six (6) LGAs were administered questionnaire randomly from the purposively identified rural local government areas. Study revealed that infrastructure politicking is a challenge that limits sustainable rural facility delivery. This is because infrastructures such as water infrastructure, school buildings and drainage construction were provided based on political affiliation. Over half of the respondents consider rural governance not to be participatory and inclusive towards rural development. The study recommends that democratic local government autonomy remains the feasible and responsive solution to efficient service delivery in the local space.
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Agriscope 2001. Newsletter of the Projects Coordinating Unit, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, 1(18),1-6.
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Casey, M., Call, K., and Klingner, J. 2001. Are rural residents less likely to obtain recommended preventive healthcare services?. American journal of preventive medicine, 21(3), 182-188.
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Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) 2018. Micro-Projects Audit Information. Ibadan:CSDP Dahl, R. 1989. Democracy and its Critics, Yale University Press New Haven Dalal-Clayton, D., Dent D. and Dubois O. 1999: Rural Planning in the Developing World with a Special Focus on Natural Resources: Lessons Learned and Potential Contributions to Sustainable Livelihoods: An Overview.Report to UK Department for International Development. Environmental Planning Issues No.20, IIED, London.
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Ezeah, P. 2005. Rural Sociology and Rural Development with Focus on Nigeria. Enugu: John Jacob Classic Publishers.
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Greenstein, R. 2006. Social rights, essential services, and political mobilization in post apartheid South Africa. Journal of Consumer Policy, 29(4), 417-433.
Grgić, I., Žimbrek, T., Tratnik, M., Markovina, J. and Juračak, J. 2010. Quality of life in rural areas of Croatia: To stay or to leave?. African Journal of Agricultural march, 5(8), 653-650.