Planning peoples’ participation in sustainable community development at the grassroot levels in Nigeria

Abstract

There is a consensus of opinion among development practitioners that the grassroots people should be involved in programmes designed for the improvement of their lives and living standards. Despite this consensus, planning peoples participation is one of the most frequently overlooked
elements of community development. This paper among other things established the significance of planning peoples’ participation and how peoples’ participation should be done. In planning peoples’ participation, this paper recommends that experienced community development experts should always be involved as their field experience would count in difficult situations.