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Youth participation is crucial to Community development. The success of every
project depends however on their active participation in designing, implementing
and sustaining the projects that affect their condition of living, has not been
ascertained. The study was conducted to access youth’s participation in
community development projects in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria. The specific objectives includes ;to describe the socioeconomic
characteristics of youth, identify the types of project that youth engage in, ascertain the levels of youth participation, identify the constraints that youth face
in participating in community development project and identify the factors that
influence youth to participate in community development project. A two-stage sampling procedure was used to select 130 youths for the study. Data
were collected through interview schedule using structured questionnaire
however,124 copies were valid. Data collected were analysed using descriptive
statistics (mean, frequency counts, percentages and standard deviation) and
inferential statistics such as spearman’s correlation coefficient and simple linear
regression. Results from the study showed that males and female youths participate in
community development projects in the study area Majority (97.6%) of the youths
in the study area have obtained various level of formal education from secondary
education to postgraduate education. Also 33.9% of respondents agreed that their
Parents and family influenced their participation in the implementation of
community development projects. About 52.4% and 50% of youths participated
in Agricultural activities and sport development activities respectively. Respondents were highly involved in skill acquisition (mean = 2.23), education
(mean = 2.22) and Agriculture (mean = 2.01). Results revealed that youths were
highly involved in disbursement of funds (mean = 3.09), site selection (mean =3.33) and construction work (mean 3.19). Majority of the youths were highly
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involved in reporting project performance (mean = 3.32), report writing (mean
3.19), quality assessment (mean = 3.10) and evaluation committee to understand
plans of the projects (mean = 3.03). The major constraints to youth participation
in community development projects were inadequate awareness on community
development projects (mean = 4.04), poor programme planning (mean = 4.01). There is a significant correlation between Age (r = 0.186; p = 0.039), level of
education (r= 0.432; p = -0.017) and years residing in community (r=0.224; p =
0.014) and youth level of participation in community development projects. Also, there was a significant correlation (r = 0,202; p = 0.024) between friends
influence to participate in the implementation of community development projects
and level of participation in community development projects.It was concluded
that Youths were actively involved in various community development projects. The study recommended that development agencies should introduce project that
will impact youths directly such as acquisition and economic empowerment.
project depends however on their active participation in designing, implementing
and sustaining the projects that affect their condition of living, has not been
ascertained. The study was conducted to access youth’s participation in
community development projects in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria. The specific objectives includes ;to describe the socioeconomic
characteristics of youth, identify the types of project that youth engage in, ascertain the levels of youth participation, identify the constraints that youth face
in participating in community development project and identify the factors that
influence youth to participate in community development project. A two-stage sampling procedure was used to select 130 youths for the study. Data
were collected through interview schedule using structured questionnaire
however,124 copies were valid. Data collected were analysed using descriptive
statistics (mean, frequency counts, percentages and standard deviation) and
inferential statistics such as spearman’s correlation coefficient and simple linear
regression. Results from the study showed that males and female youths participate in
community development projects in the study area Majority (97.6%) of the youths
in the study area have obtained various level of formal education from secondary
education to postgraduate education. Also 33.9% of respondents agreed that their
Parents and family influenced their participation in the implementation of
community development projects. About 52.4% and 50% of youths participated
in Agricultural activities and sport development activities respectively. Respondents were highly involved in skill acquisition (mean = 2.23), education
(mean = 2.22) and Agriculture (mean = 2.01). Results revealed that youths were
highly involved in disbursement of funds (mean = 3.09), site selection (mean =3.33) and construction work (mean 3.19). Majority of the youths were highly
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involved in reporting project performance (mean = 3.32), report writing (mean
3.19), quality assessment (mean = 3.10) and evaluation committee to understand
plans of the projects (mean = 3.03). The major constraints to youth participation
in community development projects were inadequate awareness on community
development projects (mean = 4.04), poor programme planning (mean = 4.01). There is a significant correlation between Age (r = 0.186; p = 0.039), level of
education (r= 0.432; p = -0.017) and years residing in community (r=0.224; p =
0.014) and youth level of participation in community development projects. Also, there was a significant correlation (r = 0,202; p = 0.024) between friends
influence to participate in the implementation of community development projects
and level of participation in community development projects.It was concluded
that Youths were actively involved in various community development projects. The study recommended that development agencies should introduce project that
will impact youths directly such as acquisition and economic empowerment.
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