THE IMPACT OF YOUTHS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (CASE STUDY ORIADE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OSUN STATE)
Abstract
Community Development anywhere in the world is facilitated by the extent to which the local People can mobilize their resources to address local needs. The role of the youths to fast-track Community Development Programmes has been recognized, particularly, in local communities Where they have played pivotal role in education, health, environmental sanitation, mass Mobilization, religious activities etc. The major objectives of this study are to assess Youth Participation in community development projects in Osun State. The researcher adopted both Primary and secondary methods of data collection. Simple percentage, bar-chart and pie-chart Were used to analyses the data gathered through questionnaires. This study poses that through Active participation and encouragement; youths can be effective instrument for CD programmnes and may take ownership as well, with field-based data from Oriade Local Government of Osun Nigeria, the study examines the extent and strategies to which the youth can be meaningfully Engaged in CD programmers and presents an evaluation of the challenges facing them in that Direction. Recommendations for Sustainable Development via youth participation are made at The end of the study.
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