PROJECT EXECUTION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SELECTED AREA COUNCILS IN NIGERIA
PROJECT EXECUTION AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN SELECTED AREA COUNCILS IN NIGERIA

Summary/Abstract: Local government administration has been described as a vital vehicle to achieving sustainable development at the grassroots. This study seeks to examine project execution and rural development in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The core objectives of the study to examine the perception of the rural dwellers on developmental project execution in FCT-Abuja, impact of projects execution on rural development in FCT-Abuja and factors influencing project execution and rural development in FCT-Abuja. The study adopted survey research whereby questionnaire was administered to residents in selected area councils in FCT-Abuja. Taro Yamane formula was used to arrive at a sample size of 400 out of a total population of 3,067,500. Data gotten through questionnaire were arranged in tables, pie chart and analyzed using simple percentage and mean average. Secondary data elicited from journal articles, books and official documents were analyzed using desktop research method. The study found out that majority of the respondents in the selected area councils were dissatisfied about projects executed by area councils where they reside. Also, poor project conception, planning, misappropriation of funds, financial corruption and inadequate project management experts were significant factors affecting project execution and rural development in area councils in FCT-Abuja. The study recommended that social media and other media platforms can be used by area councils’ authorities to disseminate the progress reports of area councils’ developmental projects so that the local peoples’ perception can be changed positively. Lastly, well articulated projects conception, planning, involvement of professional project managers, adequate monitoring and evaluation of project expenditure can improve execution of projects and rural development in FCT-Abuja.

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