THE IMPACT OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NASARAWA STATE A CASE STUDY OF KARU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA NASARAWA STATE

ABSTRACT This project deal with The Impact of Non-governmental Organization on Community Development in Nasarawa State, using Karu local government as a case study. The main objective of this work is to examine the impact of non-governmental organization on community development in Nasarawa State, Specific include to investigate the problems affecting the success of nongovernmental organization on community development in Karu local government, also to find out the impact of non-governmental organization on the development of Karu local Government. The following is the statement of the problem it is sad to note that, even in towns and cities in Nigeria today, households are fast becoming another tier of government that generates their own electricity, portable water provide their own security. The theoretical framework adopted in this work is participatory development approached. The researcher use both primary and secondary data in gathering the information about the researcher work. The study find out that nongovernmental organization has contributed positively to the development of Karu local government, also find out that nongovernmental organization in Nasarawa state contributed to the training and development of health and educational worker. The study recommended that government at all level should be more dedicated to increasing accessibility and affordability of basic health care facilities and services in Nasarawa state through commitment of more resources to the health sector.