NON GOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS (NGOS) AND THE DECLINE OF STATE INTERVENTION IN NIGERIA’S DEVELOPMENT

Francis S. Collins, Lawal M. Hussaini (PhD), Jellason A. Yinalabi

Abstract


The last decades have witnessed proliferation in non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in all spheres of human activities worldwide, especially in developing countries. NGOs as an integral part of civil society were concerned with management of a complex and diverse range of activities. Whereas some of these NGOs are at the local level, some are at the regional or national levels. Many NGOs are primarily concerned with poverty or disaster alleviation, the second form of NGO strategy can be described as ‘sustainable systems development’. While others focus on local-level development projects, usually filling gaps government services have not met. It is this type of NGO that is most likely to facilitate change at the level of development due to decline in State intervention in Nigeria’s development and is therefore the focus of this paper. This paper is hinged on secondary sources of data. NGOs contribute to the redistributions and transformations necessary for longer-term structural change that tackles the roots causes-rather than symptoms of poverty and its related social and economic vulnerabilities. However, NGOs need by altering their funding structures and opportunities in such a way that would make them autonomous and responsive to the needs of their grassroots constituencies. 

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Non Governmental Organizations, Development, Intervention, Poverty Reduction, Nigeria

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