Influence of Mobilisation of Community Members on Effective Participation in Community Development Programme
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Mobilisation, Community, Participation, and Development.##article.abstract##
The focus of this study was to ascertain the influence of mobilization of community members on effective participation in community development programme in Burutu Local Government Area of Delta State. The major instrument for data collection for the study was the questionnaire. A sample of 432 respondents was randomly selected and used for the study. Data collected were analysed using simple percentage and frequency counts as well as chi-square statistics. Data analysed revealed that mobilization has influenced greatly the level of community members' participation in community development programmes and mobilization has also influenced members' participation in terms of increasing the number of projects executed in the area. It was also discovered that mobilization has influenced remarkably community members' participation in community development project implementation. Based on the findings it was recommended that there is a need to strengthen the mobilization process in order to ensure that the entire community members actively participate in the community development process in the area. Also, there is need to educate and enlighten the people about community development projects and planned processes of change, which will to help ensure that all the members of the community are aware of what is going on and understudy their roles in the planned process of change.
