Hosts’ Perception of Impacts of Community Development Schemes and Tourism Projects In Southeast Nigeria

Agboeze, Matthias U.; Nwankwo, Elochukwu A.

doi:10.5901/mjss.2016.v7n5p361

Cited by 3 publications

(6 citation statements)

References 15 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Elsewhere, Agboeze and Nwankwo (2016) carried out an ethnographic study on hosts' perception of impacts of community development. According to the study, indigenous communities have been adversely affected by underdevelopment that can be traced to the remoteness of their physical environment and the apparent concentration of resources in the urban areas.…”

Section: Review Of Extant Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Finally, the study revealed that developmental plans could facilitate migration into the communities, which can in turn negatively impact on the communities' 'carrying capacities'. In conclusion, the study blames this negative perception on poor orientation, lack of participatory mechanism, poor stakeholders' consultation, inadequate management skills and total disregard for the indigenous value system (Agboeze & Nwankwo, 2016).…”

Section: Review Of Extant Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…These conditions have retarded the innate human and non-human potential of these indigenous people for the enhancement of the socio-economic development of their communities. The study utilised an ethnographic approach focusing on five selected communities in the Southeast region of Nigeria, namely Ndiowu, Nru, Ozzizza, Inyishi and Umudike (Agboeze & Nwankwo, 2016). The results focused more on the negative impacts as perceived by the host communities on some existing community development programme.…”

Section: Review Of Extant Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Analysis of Stakeholders’ Perception of the Role of Development Communication: Disturbing Tales from the Niger Delta

Alakwe

Okpara

2022

Journal of Creative Communications

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Extant literature and critical observation indicate that the Niger Delta has grappled with developmental challenges for decades. The underdevelopment has often been referred to as a paradox in relation to the abundant natural resources domiciled in the region. This research is, therefore, initiated to explore the role communication plays in the development of the Niger Delta and most importantly, analyse the way the stakeholders perceive development communication. Leveraging a qualitative, exploratory and phenomenological approach and working with 53 participants drawn from 6 different communities in the Niger Delta, this study utilised focus group discussions and digital ethnography to extract answers to the research questions. Findings reveal a high level of dissonance between the people and the government, attributed to the style and forms of communication, and the apparent lack of participation of the people in developmental plans. The study argues that these result in a negative perception of communication from the government and other developmental agencies while affirming positively the centrality of the participatory model of development communication in the development of the region.

show abstract

Section: Review Of Extant Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Review Of Extant Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Review Of Extant Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Analysis of Stakeholders’ Perception of the Role of Development Communication: Disturbing Tales from the Niger Delta

Alakwe

Okpara

2022

Journal of Creative Communications

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…It can serve as a veritable tool through which cultural elements of the host community move to another cultural setting. In the same vein, tourism opens the door of interaction for the host community to meet people of different cultural background, make new friends which foster social cohesion, learn about the world, and expose themselves to new perspectives (Agboeze & Nwankwo, 2016). Experiencing different cultural practices enriches experiences, broadens horizons, and increases insight and appreciation for different approaches to living (Ojo, 2014;Agboeze & Nwankwo, 2016).…”

Section: Background Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the same vein, tourism opens the door of interaction for the host community to meet people of different cultural background, make new friends which foster social cohesion, learn about the world, and expose themselves to new perspectives (Agboeze & Nwankwo, 2016). Experiencing different cultural practices enriches experiences, broadens horizons, and increases insight and appreciation for different approaches to living (Ojo, 2014;Agboeze & Nwankwo, 2016). Olumirin waterfall is a tourism centre located in Erin-Ijesa town in Oriade Local Government, Osun state.…”

Section: Background Of the Studymentioning

confidence: 99%

Olumirin Waterfall Tourist Centre and Socio-cultural Transformation of Erin-ijesa Rural Community in Osun State, Nigeria

Owagbemi¹,

Bazunu²

2022

IJARBSS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Olumirin waterfall tourism is a recognized location in Nigeria and enlisted one of the natural tourisms which attracts both local and foreign visitors. In spite the fact that Olumirin waterfall is one of the tourist centres in the country, there is no visible social activities that can transform the rural community. It is in the light of this gap. that this study seeks to assess the benefits that would be attracted to the host community, if the waterfall is turned to a resource. This study therefore, seeks to assess the benefits of Erin-Ijesa waterfall as a natural tourist centre in the host community as well agent of socio-cultural change. This study adopted survey cross sectional research design. The survey was descriptive in nature and aimed at capturing primary data. The sample size for this study consisted of 385 respondents. Structured questionnaire and in-depth interview guide were utilized to elicit both quantitative and qualitative data. Data collected were analyzed using percentages and inferential statistics were also used to test the hypotheses. All the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The chi square results however revealed that there was a significant relationship between years of residence and the impact of tourism on host community [r(391)= 0.162, p < 0.05]. This was such that the higher the years of residence in the community, the more the people tends to perceive tourism as having positive impact on the community. This negated the formulated hypothesis 1 and it was rejected. Also, the respondents affirmed that the presence of Olumirin waterfall has contributed to the acknowledgement of the cultural practice in the community with X 2 value of 139.048, df of 4 and a p value that was less than .05, the variances in the frequency distributions were significant. This implied that Olumirin waterfall has created higher values for the cultural features in Erin-Ijesa community. This negated the formulated hypothesis 2 and it was rejected. The study concluded that Olumirin waterfall tourism initiatives contributed significantly to social life of the local community. However, to sustain the contributions of this tourism initiatives to Erin-Ijesa rural community therefore, it was recommended that, there is need for State government and private individual to invest more on Olumirin waterfall so as to make it attractive to tourists and this will influence the social life of the community.

show abstract

Socioeconomics Implications and the Resettlement Action Plan of Alaoji-Onitsha Transmission Line Project on Project Affected Persons

Uzodinma,

Agbagwa

2023

ACRI

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) plays a vital role in managing resettlement-related activities, preventing dispute, agitation and provide necessary component for successful restoration of livelihood of impacted people. Consequently, the study examined the implications of the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) of Alaoji-Onitsha Transmission Line (TL) project on the socio-economic of the Project Affected Persons (PAPs) in the project corridor using household based questionnaire. The finding on the severity and extent of the project impact on individuals and related socio-economic indicators revealed that 372 households were slated for resettlement, 202 residential buildings, 267 commercial buildings, 11 public buildings, 511.26 hectares of farmland and 42,682 economic trees are impacted by the proposed TL project. The project will have medium residual impacts on land use. The study therefore recommends that the proposed project must ensure resettlement and restoration are carried out in a way that will ensure continuous survival of PAPs with better socio-economic status than the pre-project status.

show abstract

Hosts’ Perception of Impacts of Community Development Schemes and Tourism Projects In Southeast Nigeria

Abstract: Recently

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Analysis of Stakeholders’ Perception of the Role of Development Communication: Disturbing Tales from the Niger Delta

Analysis of Stakeholders’ Perception of the Role of Development Communication: Disturbing Tales from the Niger Delta

Olumirin Waterfall Tourist Centre and Socio-cultural Transformation of Erin-ijesa Rural Community in Osun State, Nigeria

Socioeconomics Implications and the Resettlement Action Plan of Alaoji-Onitsha Transmission Line Project on Project Affected Persons

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About