An Appraisal of the National Fadama 2 Development Project of the Gwagwalada Development Area FCT, Nigeria
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Abstract: The goal of all economic and other public policies is the overall wellbeing of the people and that is why government at different time reiterated its resolve to eradicate or minimize poverty. In Nigeria some programmes and initiative includes: the Directorate for Foods, the National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP), and the recent National Fadama Development Project, all geared toward improving the wellbeing of the people. But project implementations has suffered a lot of setbacks in Nigeria, leading to a number of abandoned or poorly performed projects in the country. Therefore, to effectively track down the progress of the efforts put into the achievement of the project objectives, it is important to evaluate those projects. The aim of this paper is to appraise the implementation of the objectives and the design of the National Fadama 2 project of the Gwagwalada Fadama Development Area in order to determine whether the implementation of the project matches its design and the lesson learnt can be use to improve future projects. Data were basically collected through field observation, questionnaire survey and oral interviewed which are presented in a simple tabulation forms. The result revealed that the project objectives were significantly achieved through the provision of productive assets, rural infrastructures and enhances capacity building to the participants which subsequently improved their income and the general wellbeing of the participants. Keywords: Fadama, Wellbeing, Gwagwalada, Appraisal and Project.
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Saidu Idris
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