Attitudinal Influence of Political Administrators toward the Development of Niger Delta Region in Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined the attitudinal influence of political administrators toward development projects in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Purposefully, the study assessed the attitude of political administrators towards development projects in the Niger Delta region; the attitudinal influence behind the successive development agencies towards development projects in the Niger Delta region; and the restiveness of Niger Delta region associated with the attitude of political administrators. The researcher used descriptive and survey designs to carry out the study. The respondents were eighty (80) political analysts and economist drawn from Akwa-Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross-Rivers, and Delta states. The data obtained was facilitated by administering a research questionnaire of twenty (20) items to seventy-five (75) political analysts and economists, having a response rate of 93%. Among other things, the findings of the study revealed that there is no positive attitude of political administrators toward development projects in the Niger Delta region; there is attitudinal influence behind the successive development agencies toward development projects in the Niger Delta region; and restiveness in the Niger Delta region is associated with the attitude of political administrators. In light of this, the study concluded that there is no positive attitudinal influence of political administrators toward development projects in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria.