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Grassroot Democracy And Youth Development In Local Government Administration
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This study is examining the
relationship between grassroots democracy and youth development in Local
government administration. Youth development according to UN (1971) is
the qualitative changes which are brought about within the youth
populations. Youth development deals with details of the process of
improving the livelihood conditions of youths in such a way as to bridge
the gap between youth from affluent background and ones from poorer
background. Diejemaoh (1973) defined youth development as a process of
not only increasing the level of per capita income of youths, but also
the improvement in the quality of life of the youths measured by
education, food and nutritional level, health, recreation and security.
This study will examine how local government administration has used the
instrument of grassroots democracy in the process of youth development.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The
following are the objectives of this study: 1. To examine the level of
grassroots politics being practiced by local government administration.
2. To find out if grassroots democracy has translated to youth
development in local government administration. 3. To determine the
method by which grassroots democracy and youth development can be
entrenched in local government administration.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. What is the level of grassroots politics being practiced by local government administration?
2. Has grassroots democracy translated to youth development in local government administration?
3.
What are the methods by which grassroots democracy and youth
development can be entrenched in local government administration?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
following are the significance of this study: 1. The results from this
study will educate the local government leaders and the general public
on the benefits of grassroots democracy and youth development in local
government administration. 2. This research will be a contribution to
the body of literature in the area of the effect of personality trait on
student’s academic performance, thereby constituting the empirical
literature for future research in the subject area.
1.6 SCOPE/LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY
This study will cover the grassroots democracy and youth development being practiced by Oredo Local government administration.
LIMITATION OFTHE STUDY
Financial
constraint- Insufficient fund tends to impede the efficiency of the
researcher in sourcing for the relevant materials, literature or
information and in the process of data collection (internet,
questionnaire and interview).
Time constraint- The researcher will
simultaneously engage in this study with other academic work. This
consequently will cut down on the time devoted for the research work
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