Civil Society Organization and Community Development, a Study of Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State.  Nigeria (2007-2019)

Ugwuanyi, Kenneth Ekene; Nwobi Fidelia Obuteaku; Chukwurah, Daniel Chi Junior

doi:10.55524/ijirem.2022.9.1.2

Abstract

Civil society organization and community development A study of Enugu north senatorial district of Enugu State (2007-2019). This study adopted three specific objectives: to ascertain the contributions of civil society organization to community road infrastructural development, to establish the linkage between civil society interventions and availability of potable water supply, and to examine the effect of civil society organizations activities in the improvement of community primary healthcare in Enugu North Senatorial District, Diffusion of innovation theory is the theoretical framework of analysis. Survey design utilized with population of 1,660,000 and sample size of 400. Data generated from primary and secondary sources. Descriptive statistics were used for data analysis and hypotheses were tested with chi-square with the aid of SPSS. The major findings are; civil society organization does contribute positively to community road infrastructural development, there is linkage between civil society organization and availability of potable water supply in Enugu north senatorial district and civil society organization’s activities in Enugu north senatorial district did improve community primary healthcare significantly in Enugu north senatorial district. This study concludes that the citizens and other stakeholders are enjoined to advance the course of CSO’s activities towards community development for the betterment of the communities, states and the society at large. It was recommended that public sector should make enabling laws that will guarantee further engagement of various CSOs as development driver of the state and government should sensitize the populace to be actively involved in most CSO’s programmes.

Keywords

Civil Society Organization, Community, Development, Enugu North Senatorial District, Nigeria

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[Ugwuanyi, Kenneth Ekene, Nwobi Fidelia Obuteaku, Chukwurah, Daniel Chi Junior (2022), Civil Society Organization and Community Development, a Study of Enugu North Senatorial District of Enugu State. Nigeria (2007-2019), International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering & Management (IJIREM), Vol-9, Issue-1, Page No-6-13], (ISSN 2347 - 5552). www.ijirem.org