Abstract
Every dick and harry harps on ISOPADEC as the modus operandi and rural development. The objective is to find out the relevance of Imo State oil producing Area and development commission in rural development. Finding of the study includes; creation of job opportunities, reduction in rural-urban drift, provision of semi-processed raw materials and so on. It is therefore, concluded that ISOPADEC are very relevant in rural development and their establishment in the rural area (taking into account the principles of localization of industries) has be recommended.
TABLE OF CONTENT
TITE PAGE
CERTIFICATION ii
DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
ABSTACT v
TABLE OF CONTENT vi
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
- BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1
- STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 3
- OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 4
- RESEARCH QUESTIONS 5
- STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS 5
- SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 6
- SCOPE OF THE STUDY 6
- LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 6
- DEFINITON OF TERMS 7
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 8
2.1 INTRODUCTION 8
2.2 MEANING OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT 9
2.3 OBJECTIVE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT 12
2.4 AGENTS OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN IMO STATE 14
2.5 NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS 18
2.6 GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT IN RURAL
DEVELOPMENT IN IMO STATE 20
2.7 THE ROLES OF ISOPADEC 28
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY 35
3.1INTRODUCTION 35
3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN 35
3.3 SOURCES OF/ METHODS OF RATA COLLCTION 36
3.4 POPULATION AND SAMPLE SIZE 37
3.5 SAMPLE TECHNIQUES 37
3.6 VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF
MEASURING INSTRUMENT 38
3.7 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION 38
CHPTER FOUR
4.0 PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA 39
4.1 INTRODUCTION 39
4.2 PRESENTATION OF DATA 39
4.3 ANALYSIS OF DATA 40
4.4 TEST OF HYPOTHESIS 51
4.5 INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 SUMMARY, CONCLUSION, AND RECOMMENDATION 55
5.1 INTRODUCTION 55
5.2 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 55
5.3 CONCLUSION 58
5.4 RECOMMENDATIONS 59
REFERENCES 61
APPENDIX
CHAPTER ONE
- INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The background of the study is the development of rural areas in Imo State.
World Bank in its policy paper (1975:3-5), sees rural development as a strategy designed to improve the economic and social life of the rural people”. It also sees rural development as an economic issue which is based on “raising the low level of rural income through agricultural modernization”. Thus, the World Bank is of the view that economic increased productivity and production would lead to increase income and subsequently entire rural development.
According to Olayide (1981:203), rural development can be defined as a process whereby concerted efforts are made in order to facilitates significant increase in rural resources productivity with the central objectives of enhancing rural income.
Umebali (2002:182) in his own definition sees rural development as a process of planned changes for which one approach or the other is adopted for improvement and or transformation of rural populace”. It is also concern with improvement of life living standards of the low income population living in the rural areas on a self sustaining basis through transformation of the socio-economic, socio-spatial structures of their productive activities.
In the view of Richard (1984:116), the plight of the rural sector is an indictment of decades of neglect especially under the colonial rule. The officials emphasis being on the promotions of metropolitan commercial interest notably export production and evaluation. It involves the rational mobilization of the locally available human and material resources for socio-economic development, special change and growth within a specified space.
Moreso, rural development is considered as an integral part and driving force of the entire development process. It basically connotes qualitative improvement of the rural masses. It involves the rational mobilization of the locally available human and material resources for socio-economic development, spatial change and growth within a specified space seen in totality rural development embraces, social, cultural, economic, physical and political aspects of the ruralities.
Large-scale manufacturing has been the main thrust of Imo State development program over time. However is being wisely acknowledged that rural development should be the center piece for effective short and long run development of any country such as Imo State. Both the federal and state government on one hand and general public on the other hand attest to the fact through their efforts towards the development of Imo state.
From the fore-going, therefore it is clear that the government and people of the country now attach much importance to rural development. It is therefore, the need to achieve integrated rural development Visa-Visa national development that prompted the study with the objective of determining the role of the establishment of Imo state Oil producing Area and development commission (ISOPADEC) in the rural areas can play in this regards.
- STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
It becomes imperative that Imo State oil producing area and development commission programs be given a tares trial in over search for a “messiah strategy”. Thus the study aims as addressing the problems of searching to the best development plan by finding out and analyzing the benefit of ISOPADEC with view of determining their relevance in rural development and ultimately natural development
These problems are:
