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Rural Infrastructural Development A Means Of Combating Rural-urban Migration In Nigeria
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The American Bureau of census classifies a group of people
living in a community as rural, whereas in Nigeria, the Federal office
of statistics defined a community with less than 20, 000 people as
rural. According to Afolayan (1995), rural area can be easily identified
by various criteria; apart from population such criteria include the
level of infrastructural development i.e. road networks, educational
institutions, water supply, electricity, health facilities,
communication, etc. Other criteria used include occupation, housing and
the extent of community policy.
In Leah et al (2013) view, rural
dwellers are typically less vocal, characterized by a culture of poverty
as most people have barely above subsistence level. This position
tallies with that of Adefolarin (2015) who argued that rural dwellers
are often a subject of poverty phenomenon, whose trade have only being
robbed off by the activities of both political and economic elite’s base
in the city. In other words rural dwellers in Nigeria have only little
to show in attempt to alleviate the hard effects of government policies
which barely acknowledge their existence but favor it with only routine
care attention, with promise that are hardly fulfilled.
Ezeah (2005)
states that rural areas refers to geographical areas that outside the
densely built-up environment of towns, cities and the sub-urban villages
and whose inhabitant are engaged primarily in agriculture as well as
the most basic of rudimentary form of secondary and tertiary
activities. The rural sector of Nigeria is vital to the socio-economic
development of the Nation. Nyagba (2009) noted that, the most important
sector of the Nigerian population is the rural areas. This according to
Ugwuanyi and Emmanuel (2013) is because the rural section is the major
source of capital formation for the country and a principal Market for
domestic and raw materials for industries process. Abah (2010) argued
that rural area dwellers have been found to engage in primary economic
activities that form the foundation for the country’s economic
development.
As it is conspicuously apparent from the foregoing,
given the national economy, enhancing the development of the sector
should be central to government and public administration. This is
necessary as such would further enhance the ability of the sector for
increased contribution to the overall national growth and development
has become most desires in many countries in order to change and improve
the situation and conations of the rural population.
Proceeding from
Leah et al views, rural development has become most desires in many
countries in order to change and improve the situation and conditions of
the rural population.
Rural development has therefore been described
in different ways by different authors, depending on the discipline or
line of thought. This is because the approach to rural development is
multidisciplinary. According to Aslam (1981) rural development is a
process aimed at developing the rural poor, their economy and
institutions from a state of stagnation or low productivity equilibrium
into dynamic process leading to higher levels of living and better
quality of life. In other words, rural development can be seen as a
strategy which is designed to improve the economic and social life of a
specific group of people, most especially the rural poor population.
Aliy (199) posit that it involves extending the developmental strides
and benefits people who seek a livelihood in the rural areas such as
small scale farmers, tenants, artisans, school teachers, small scale
business men, and traders etc. in order to improve their means of
livelihood and mitigate the massive rural urban migration. However rural
urban migration occurs at varying levels in every country.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study examines Rural Development as a means to combating rural urban migration in Nigeria. The research employed content analysis for secondary data collection and survey research method for primary data collection. Hypothesis was tested using chi-square technique. The Harris – Todaro model (HT) as theoretical framework was used for the study. Finding of the research work includes among others, that respondents are not satisfied with the present level of rural development in Nigeria ... Continue reading---
