PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Ikhianosimhe Benjamin Ako, Chigozie Pearl Unegbu, Olufunmilayo Oyelude, Grace Idowu Oyalabu, Goodnews Osah

Abstract


Community development often emanates from a sense of ownership, citizens’ participation, and empowerment in any society. However, the administrative interventions of previous and present governments to encourage transformation within the communities in Nigeria, have not yielded the needed social amenities and infrastructural development. This paper argued that participatory budgeting affects community development in Nigeria. Cross sectional design was adopted and the population consisted of 5,641 community people and members of registered association in the six local governments in Anambra and Kaduna States. Simple sampling random technique was adopted to determine the sample size of 916.  The questionnaire used was validated and reliability established before data collection. While descriptive statistics was used to analyse the respondents’ biographical data, regression analytical tool was employed to test the hypothesis. Findings revealed that participatory budgeting had a significant effect on community development in selected sates in Nigeria (R2 = 0.128; F(1,809) = 118.311, p<0.05). The study concluded that participatory budgeting is a best-fit approach to community development in Nigeria. Hence, this study recommended that government should encourage participatory budgeting in the allocation and monitoring of community development in order to achieve developmental projects that are citizen-centric.


Keywords


Community development, Participatory budgeting, People-centered development

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