By Mba, Chike H.
Nigerians are currently witnessing an unprecedented interest, by
the governments of the Federation, in the development of the rural
areas of the country. This interest has been aroused by a number ci
factors. Firstly, after several attem'pts and.failures in planning for socioeconomic
development, it has only recently been realised that any
develcpment plans that continue to ignore the rural areas of the country
are bouvd to fail. This is because the majority of Nigerians (some 80
percent) still live in rural areas