Community Governance and Socio-Economic Development Realities in Nigeria
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Oct 31, 2022
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Community, Governance, Community governance, Socio-economic Development.
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This paper explores the nexus between community governance and the realities of socio-economic development at the local level. This work relies on secondary data. The paper reveals that institutional frameworks at community level have potentialities in the realisation of socio-economic development in Nigeria. The paper recommends that extensive national value re-orientation and spirit of communalism are the needed mechanisms that would inspire patriotic citizenship/leadership and active civil society which is able to drive the process of utilising both local human and natural
resources for the actualisation of socio-economic development in Nigeria.
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Lamidi, K. O., & Etebom, J. M. (2022). Community Governance and Socio-Economic Development Realities in Nigeria. African Journal of Stability and Development (AJSD), 14(1&2), 169–181. https://doi.org/10.53982/ajsd.2022.1401_2.07-j
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Nigeria, 1960-2005 A Published Ph.D Dissertation, School of Post Graduate
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and Sustainable Development in Africa. Journal of Sustainable Development
in Africa, 12(4), 83-95.
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Harmony Books.
Ellis, F. (2000). Rural Livelihoods and Diversity in Developing Countries. Oxford:
Oxford University Press.
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Critical Reflection. Community Development Journal, Vol. 10 (2).
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in Australia. Paper presented at Peace, Justice and Reconciliation in the AsiaPacific Region Conference, Queensland University.
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in Nigeria. Public Policy and Administration Research, Vol. 4, No. 1. pp 46-
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Canada: Oxford University Press.
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Publishers.
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and Development Network
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Ife- Modakeke Conûict in Osun State, Nigeria. Journal of Alternative
Perspectives in the Social Sciences, 2, 953–965.
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Anchor Print Ltd.
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B. Akande (eds.). Local Institutions and National Development in Nigeria.
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Issues, Vol. 15, No. 2, 327-328-336
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