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Poverty alleviation programmes and ruralization of corruption in Nigeria: A case study of Community and Social Development Programme (CSDP) in Edo State Ebonine, Victor Chukwugekwu; Kadiri, John Aigboje
Dynamics of Rural Society Journal Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): Dynamics of Rural Society Journal
Publisher : Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, Gorontalo State University, Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.37905/drsj.v3i2.90

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Despite being endowed with an abundance of material and human resources, Nigeria still experiences growing poverty indexes and effects that include malnutrition, inflation, mortality rate, school dropouts, and lack of access to basic infrastructure. Past governments tried to address these challenges by introducing various forms of poverty alleviation programmes, particularly in rural areas. Yet, the programmes failed to achieve the expected outcomes with numerous factors adduced as reasons for their failures. Prominent among the reasons was the adoption of a top-down approach that prioritized corruption, elite primitive accumulation, and project abandonment, which culminated in the continuous impoverishment of the Nigerian people; hence, the adoption of a CSDP-driven bottom-up approach that prioritizes community participation. The objective of this study was to examine whether the widespread corruption that previously hindered the success of programs is still evident in this current program. The study deployed the elite theory to demonstrate elite sabotage of poverty alleviation initiatives in the Nigerian rural areas. The study employed an in-depth interview to gather responses from 109 participants knowledgeable about the various CSDPs located across the selected communities. The participants were selected using both simple random and snowball sampling techniques. The paper found that in the planning and implementation of CSDPs, two forms of corruption were manifest - power politics and fund mismanagement. These two forms of corruption were mutually exclusive and exposed the symbiotic relationship that existed between the state (elites) and the society in the politics of corruption in Nigeria. The study, therefore, recommends that the government encourage the participation of whistleblowers, civil society organizations, the media, the police, and the judiciary in anti-corruption efforts in rural areas of Edo State and, by extension, Nigeria.
Community Participation And Rural Development Sustainability In Some Selected Communities Of Edo State, Nigeria Ebonine, Victor; Kadiri, John Aigboje
Brawijaya Journal of Social Science Vol. 5 No. 2 (2026): Brawijaya Journal of Social Science (BJSS)
Publisher : Sociology Department, Brawijaya University

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.21776/ub.bjss.2026.005.02.4

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Addressing rural underdevelopment has been a major challenge to the Nigerian government since independence.  To that extent, previous initiatives were created to address it. However, they failed to yield the desired positive outcomes, necessitating further refinement of robust initiatives that would address this challenge, until the Community and Social Development Projects (CSDPs) were established. This initiative was designed to address the challenge that the previous initiatives encountered, namely, centrism that obscured community participation and project sustainability. This study, therefore, aimed to examine the extent to which communities participated in the CSDPs and whether their participation contributed to project sustainability in Edo State, Nigeria. The study utilised an in-depth interview method to elicit responses from 109 participants across the selected communities in the state. The study found that the communities were involved in both the planning and implementation stages of the project execution. Their involvement translated into efforts at sustaining the projects, namely in providing funds and manual skills such as clearing weeds around the projects and cleaning and maintaining them. The study, therefore, recommends that there should be sustainable mechanisms for checking continued maintenance of projects, greater government involvement in project sustainability, and improved and sustained women's involvement in community participation in CSDP in rural communities of Edo State, and by extension, Nigeria.   
Co-Authors Ebonine, Victor Ebonine, Victor Chukwugekwu