THE ROLE OF GOEMAI UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION AND MWAGHAVUL UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN PLATEAU STATE OF NIGERIA

THE ROLE OF GOEMAI UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION AND MWAGHAVUL UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN PLATEAU STATE OF NIGERIA

ABSTRACT

The research, “The Role of GUDO and MDA in rural development in Plateau state of Nigeria”, attempts a cursory assessment of the roles of these organisations in rural development, with specific reference to GUDO and MDA in Plateau state of Nigeria. The emphasis is on exploring the positive traditions of the people towards utilizing them for developmental purpose. It recognises the negative roles played by Western values on the major positive culture of the rural societies. Thus incapacitating genuine rural development from below. This research project therefore gives an insight into the roles of these positive cultures and traditional organisations in rural development considering the dysmal performance of government structures and institutions in that respect of recent. It has therefore been discovered that most state programmes demoralise and alienate the beneficiaries of the programmes thereby having no relevance to the increasing impoverishment of the people. It investigates the practical relevance of NGO’s in rural development by examining two case studies (GUDO and MDA). In accomplishing this, questionnaires were administered on a randomly and clustered samples of the two communities, their responses from 540 administered questionnaires were subsequently analysed based on the research proposition and problematic to determine the extent to which the organisations have done well in rural developments or not. It was However discovered that State structures have derailed rural development because of the non involvement of the people and the corrupt practices of government functionaries. It is in view of this that the research established that the organisations are in a better place to enhance rural development provided their members are well mobilized, structured and committed to its ordeal. It has also discovered that the incessant organisational conflict that have bedevilled the organisations particularly (GUDO), is capable of inhibiting the achievement of its objective. So that it invariably becomes neccessary to:- a) Democratize the structure of the organisation . b) It also becomes neccessary for the organisation to venture into revenue yeilding activities to enable them have funds for their developmental programmes. c) It is also discovered that there is the need to extensively mobilize members of these organisation to participate in the activities of the organisations. d) Finally it is necessary to integrate all governmental rural development activities to those of Community based Development Organisation. If genuine development is to be achieved. Leadership of the organizations are suppose to be dynamic and visionary, otherwise the organisation will be like blindmen moving on a rocky path in the night

THE ROLE OF GOEMAI UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION AND MWAGHAVUL UNITY AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN PLATEAU STATE OF NIGERIA