Contribution of Youths towards Rural Development Through Community Development Activities in Tsafe LGA Zamfara State Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the contribution of youth towards rural development through community development activities in Tsafe local government, Zamfara state. Ninety (90) youths were randomly selected from the three (3) purposively selected villages in the study area. Results revealed that majority of the respondents were male (90%), within the active age of 21-30 (63.3%), married (82.2%), engaged in farming (71.1%) and obtained Qur'anic education (66.6%). Multiple number of various community development activities were found to be engaged in by the youth with majority involved in rehabilitation (24.6%) and minority in construction of culvert (15.6%). It was concluded that youths in the study area are engaged in worthwhile rural community development activities that aimed at improving their living standard. Thus, it was recommended that efforts of the youths be celebrated to avoid their mask by modern external interventions that mostly begin with what is needed by the rural people instead of their felt needs, and encourage further involvement in self-help initiatives through awareness campaigns.

Keywords: Youths, Rural development, Community development