Contributions of town unions administration on rural development in Southeast, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the contribution of town unions administration in rural development in Southeast Nigeria. The specific objectives were to: determine the level of contribution of town unions in the maintenance and rehabilitation of rural roads, ascertain the extent to which town unions are involved in the construction of markets and shops in rural communities and find out the contribution’s town unions in the provision of portable water supply in Southeast Nigeria. This research utilized survey research design. The population of the study was 1,744,408 Freund and Williams formula was used to determine the sample size of 576. The collected data were analysed through the use of mean scores. The chi-square analysis was applied in testing the hypotheses. The findings revealed that: the level of contribution of town unions in the maintenance and rehabilitation of rural roads in Southeast Nigeria was significantly high, the extent to which town unions were involved in the construction of market and shop in rural communities of Southeast Nigeria was significantly high and that town unions had contributed to the provision of portable water supply to the rural communities. The study concluded that the town unions in Southeast Nigeria had influenced significantly the rural development. The study recommended that Since town unions have made significant contribution in the maintenance and rehabilitation of rural roads, it recommended that Southeast governors should encourage the establishment of town unions and economically support the goals and objectives of towns through their town unions, this will help to take development down to the people where they are needed.