Rural Infrastructural Development in Nigeria: Policies And Implementation Strategies

Abstract

The search for the development of rural areas in Nigeria had led to the adoption of different strategies, oftentimes, reflecting the ideological learning of policy makers over time. This study derives from a concern with the arguably poor outcomes associated with most of these strategies. Using the descriptive-analysis approach, the study identifies policy implementation pathologies leading to failures of most of these strategies, and argues that there is an urgent need   for ideological and philosophical re-direction in choosing strategies and implementation machinery for rural development.