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 respondents
participated in the study. An adapted instrument “Administrative Roles Performance of Community Development Workers in Public Infrastructure
Development Project Questionnaire (ARPCDWPIDPQ)’’ designed for the study was subjected to Cronbach Alpha test of internal consistency, which
yielded 0.75. Data generated were analyzed using descriptive and correlation matrix at 0.05 level of significance. Correlation analysis showed positive
significant relationship between administrative roles of community development workers and infrastructure development outcomes i.e ownership and
control 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 that
the independent variable had significant positive relationship with all the dependent variables at 0.05 level of significant. Hence, the null hypothesis
was rejected at 0.05 level of significance. It is recommended that professional community development workers should be properly trained to improve
their efficiency and effectiveness in the administration of public infrastructure development.