Administrative Roles Performance of Community Development Workers and Public Infrastructure Development Outcomes in Rural Communities in Ogun state, Nigeria

Abstract

This study is on administrative roles performance of community development workers and public infrastructure development outcomes in rural communities,Ogun state, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design of the ex-post facto type was used. Using total enumeration sampling technique, 813 respondentsparticipated in the study. An adapted instrument “Administrative Roles Performance of Community Development Workers in Public InfrastructureDevelopment Project Questionnaire (ARPCDWPIDPQ)’’ designed for the study was subjected to Cronbach Alpha test of internal consistency, whichyielded 0.75. Data generated were analyzed using descriptive and correlation matrix at 0.05 level of significance. Correlation analysis showed positivesignificant relationship between administrative roles of community development workers and infrastructure development outcomes i.e ownership andcontrol of public infrastructure (r=.693), citizen participation in management of public infrastructure (r=.592), access and utilization of public infrastructure(r=.682), productive activities/income (r=.540) and capacity building/enhancement of technical expertise (r=.409) respectively. This indicates thatthe independent variable had significant positive relationship with all the dependent variables at 0.05 level of significant. Hence, the null hypothesiswas rejected at 0.05 level of significance. It is recommended that professional community development workers should be properly trained to improvetheir efficiency and effectiveness in the administration of public infrastructure development.