Citizens’ Perception of the Effectiveness of the Various Projects in Ogun State, Nigeria

Abstract

The Government of Nigeria in its bid to better the lives of its citizens have through its numerous institutions established several projects. The Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in Ogun State is one of such institutions which plan and implement projects aimed at improving the economic and social standard of women and children considered to be the most vulnerable groups in society. This study therefore examined citizens’ perception of the effectiveness of the various projects of the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development in Ogun State. With structured questions as the research instrument, a total of 1500 copies of questionnaire were administered to 250 respondents each from six Local Governments randomly selected from Ogun State. Findings revealed that although 75.3% of the citizens were aware of the presence of the Ministry in the State, many are yet to benefit from their programmes. Citizens’ perception of the effectiveness of the various programmes of the Ministry was moderately low at a mean of 11.7400 with standard error of 0.1978 on a 25 point scale. The Ministry did not consistently survey the opinions of the citizens on proposed programmes. The study concluded that the programmes of the Ministry have limited impact and need more publicity in order to meet their stated objectives and recommended that the Ministry survey the opinions of the citizens about proposed and implemented programmes so as to improve citizens’ perception of its programmes and create awareness of its programmes to citizens through publicity and workshops organized especially at the grassroot level.

Keywords: Citizens’ Perception, Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Projects.