Evaluation of the Potential Effect of Community Participation on Community and Social Development Projects in South West Nigeria

Project Management

The study examined critically the potential effect of Community Participation (CP) on Community and Social Development Projects (CSDP) in South West Nigeria. The paper further reviewed the activities of community participation in line with CSDP implementation stages and the resultant effect on the project deliverables in three States, South West Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research method; secondary data source was used to generate the required data. Multi – stage sampling technique was employed to select 752 respondents and structured questionnaire was used to elicit data. Data was analysed quantitatively. Ordinary Least Square (OLS) analysis was used to test the hypothesis at 5% level of significance. The result showed that Community Participation has significant effect on CSDP implementation (F (59.326) P< 0.05). The findings further showed that CP in project initiation, planning and execution were potent in predicting CSDP implementation P < .05 while CP in monitoring and evaluation is not very potent P > .05. The study recommended that a well functional guideline should be applied by considering the involvement of all the stakeholders in CSDP implementation process and plans.

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