THE IMPACT OF 1976 LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT A CASE OF ABA NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, ABIA STATE
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title page i
Approval page ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Table of contents v
Abstract ix
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction 1
1.1 Background of the study 3
1.2 Statement of the problem 6
1.3 Purpose of the study 7
1.4 Significance of the study 8
1.5 Research question 9
1.6 Scope of the study 10
1.7 Limitations of the study 11
1.7 Definitions of terms 11
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 The concept of communities and group meetings
in general 16
2.2 History of universal basic education board 26
2.3 Universal basic education board 33
2.4 The chairman and function 37
2.5 General overview of the laws of group meetings 39
2.6 Uses of communities and group meetings
universal basic education board 47
2.7 The summary 53
2.8 Gap in literature 53
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Research Design and Methodology 55
3.1 Design of the study 55
3.2 Area of the study 56
3.3 Population of the study 56
3.4 Sample size and sampling technique 57
3.5 Instrument for data collection 58
3.6 Validity and reliability of the instrument 59
3.7 Distribution and retrieval of the instrument 60
3.8 Method of data collection 61
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Data presentation and analysis 62
4.1 Presentation of findings 62
4.2 Discussion/Analysis of finding 76
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary 78
5.2 Conclusion 81
5.3 Recommendation 82
References 85
Appendix A 87
Appendix B 88
