CONTRIBUTION OF COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (CSDP) TO PARTICIPATORY RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SELECTED LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS, ONDO STATE, NIGERIA.

The study assessed the contribution of Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) to participatory rural development in Ondo State from 2009-2014. Despite the various effort of government to address the problem of rural development in Ondo State, the level of rural amenities has not improved. The objective of the study is to assess the contribution of Community and Social Development Project on Participatory Rural Development in Ondo State. Three hypotheses were formulated for the study. The study adopted survey research method; primary and secondary data sources were used to generate data for this study. Stratified sampling technique was used to drawn the 276 questionnaire respondents and purposive sampling technique were used to drawn eighteen interview respondents. Questionnaire responses were analyze using table, frequency counts, simple percentage mean and standard deviation. Data collected from interview, observation and CSDA report was analyzed qualitatively. Chi-square was used to test the hypotheses. The study found out that despite the involvement of people in project implementation projects was abandoned in Akoko South East Local government Area of Ondo State. As a result of weak monitoring system project was not implemented according to Community Development Plans in Aduralere, Okemeji and Epinmi communities in Ondo State. It is recommended that CSDA should be more committed to people participation in project implementation and monitoring team should be more effective by ensuring CDP is implemented.