Abstracts
The topic of the project you are about to go through the effects of political crisis on rural development in Benue state. (A case study of Tarka local government area).
The study discusses what political crisis is, its causes, effects and how it can be abated.
The project is written in five chapters, one deals with the general overview of study, significance of the study, research proposition, scope, delimitation of the study, limitation of the study and definition of concepts.
Chapter two deal with the review of related literature. This will give the researcher an insight into the previous approach to the problem by other writers.
Chapter three deals with the methods adopted by the researcher to collect data, the population involved, the techniques used and methods of data analysis.
Chapter four deals with data presentation and analysis.
Chapter five comprise of summary, conclusion, recommendation, bibliography and appendix.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Political crisis is a universal phenomenon. Individuals and groups through history have in one form or another resulted to crisis or its potential use as a political action. However, it has no steady definition, it depends on how one presents it.
Political crisis is a periodic occurrence in Nigeria and elsewhere in the world. Crisis has been used by groups holding power, and by groups in process of loosing power, for many years the study of the effects of political crisis on the rural development was given relatively scant treatment in social science literature. However, over the years, many political theorists have come to recognize crisis as threat or threat of violence as a dimension of both national and international politics. That is to say that, there is now an increasing awareness among contemporary political scientists that crisis and other forms of civil strife are always associated with exercise of power at all levels of political interaction.
It is against this background that this study probes into the effects of political crisis on rural development in Benue state with Tarka local government area a case study and with particular reference to it.
1.2STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The desire to underline this study is to assess and offer possible solution to the problem associated with political crisis, which is prevalent in Nigerian political scene generally and particularly in Tarka local government area. It is disheartening to see that in recent times of political crisis in Tarka local government area have attained an alarming level that meaningful rural development efforts are completely destroyed. These social vices have entered deeply into the social, economic and political fortunes at resolving them appear a near impossibility. The researcher thus posed these questions.
(i) What are the factors responsible for the frequent occurrence of political crisis in Tarka local government area?
(ii) What are the effects of political crisis on rural development efforts of Tarka local government Area?
(iii) What are the measures necessary to abate political crisis?
It is due to the ugly trends which follow political crisis that this study is informed to investigate and ascertain the effects of political crisis on rural development and how this could be mitigated.
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
This study intends to achieve the following objectives:
(i) To identify the causes and examine the effects of political crisis on rural development.
(ii) To inform the Benue State Government about the dangers of political crisis so as to make policies that will minimize the trend.
(iii) To expose the people of Tarka local government area of Benue state to the effects of political crisis so as to be able to resolve political differences amicably.
1.3 RESEARCH PROPOSITIONS
The research formulated the following propositions to help her validate her findings;
(i) Political crisis affects active political participation in rural areas.
(ii) Political crisis hinders rural development and defers prospective investors.
(iii) Poor leadership encourage political crisis
(iv) The attitude and characters of the people of Tarka local government are responsible for political crisis in the area.