An Assessment of Youth Participation in Community Development programmes in Damaturu Local Government Area Yobe State, Nigeria

Abstract

This paper assesses youth participation in community development in Damaturu local government Area, Yobe State, Nigeria. The study utilizes the simple random sampling techniques to generate the data. In term of data collection, two main methods were used. They are primary and secondary sources of data collection. The questionnaire was used as an instrument for data collection. In data analysis, simple percentage and tabulation were employed to analyzed data sought from the field. The finding revealed that most of the youth contribute to community development through communal labor, through provision of security and maintenance of footpaths, and re-orientation of moral support by the elites is one of the ways to address the problem faced by the youth in the community. The study concluded that, youth involvement in community development is one of the cardinal principles of designing programmes and should be central to the development effort of the community.