Mapping and the Relevance of National Youth Service Corps Community Development Projects in Kwara State.
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2015-03-15
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Community Development Association of Nigeria, Department of Adult Education University of Ibadan.
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This study mapped National Youth Service Corps Community Development Projects in Kwara State as well as discussed the relevance of the projects to the communities concerned. The descriptive research was adopted for the study. The paper has three objectives of the study. The population for the study consists of male and female across the sixteen (16) Local Government Areas in Kwara State. A purposive sampling technique was employed to draw one hundred and sixty (160) respondents; ten in each of the Local Government. A pro forma was designed by the researcher and used as an instrument for collecting data from the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) headquarters in Ilorin on the numbers of community development service (CDS) projects executed across the state from 2011-2015. Focus Group Discussion (FGD) conducted was conducted by the researcher with five trained research assistants that were familiar with the interpretation of the content of the questions in the language of the immediate environment of the participants and as an instrument for data collection for the study. Information and data obtained from the NYSC Kwara State Headquarter and focus group discussions were presented in a tables, map, pie chart and graph. The findings of the study revealed that Community Development Projects were relevant to the needs of the various communities. Among other things the study recommended that the community members should be involved in the conception, planning and implementation of the projects to guarantee ownership of such projects by the communities.
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Relevance, National Youth Service Corps, Community Development, Projects, Mapping, Kwara State