Towards Community Development: the Imperatives for Public Facilities Provision in Ilorin East, Nigeria

Abstract

Communities have experienced stagnancy and even retrogression in terms of population flight, physical and socio-economic developments. Against this background, the study assessed the adequacy of public facility provision as well as community development in Ilorin East local government.Relevant data was obtained to investigate social economic characteristics, provision of public facility and the level of development; using a semi-structured questionnaire administered on 372 respondents across the 12 wards using a random systematic style.Likert scaling was done. Chi-square was used to explain the variation in the levels of facility provision as well as the level of community development among the wards. Linear regression analysis was used to explain the relationship between facility adequacy and community development. Generally low level of both facility provision and community development was observed in the study. There was also found a high and reliable positive correlation (R=.949) between public facilities and community development. The study thus recommendsan aggressive provision and maintenance of public facilities with emphasis on public-private cooperation. This is believed to be capable of producing a sustainable community.

Prevalence of Salmonella Species in Locally Fermented Milk (Nono) in Gambari Market, Ilorin East Local Government, Kwara State, Nigeria

“…Gambari market is situated in the Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara state, Nigeria. Ilorin East which is cited at Oke-Oyi (latitude 8° 34' 57" N and longitude 4° 42' 58" E) is sixteen kilometres from Ilorin, the Kwara state capital [13]. It was selected because it had the highest number of nono sellers in Ilorin, Kwara state.…”