EFFECT OF TOWN UNION ADMINISTRATION ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NJIKOKA AND ANAOCHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF ANAMBRA STATE NIGERIA (2019-2023)

Abstract

This study titled effect of town union administration on community development in Njikoka and Anaocha local Government Areas of Anambra State (2019-2023) had two objectives  To investigate town union administrations’ intervention in the functionality of government owned primary schools and to assess how town union administration utilizes community funds for infrastructural development in Njikoka and Anaocha Local Government Areas of Anambra State Nigeria 2019-2023, Community-Action Research Model by Ozanne and Anderson (2010) was adopted as theoretical framework of analysis for this study. The population of this study is six hundred and sixteen thousand five hundred (616.500) male and female indigenes of Njikoka and Anaocha LGA with sample size of 400 respondents. The study revealed that town union administration intervenes in the functionality of government owned primary schools and town union administration utilizes community funds for infrastructure development in Njikoka and Anaocha Local Government Areas of Anambra State within 2019-2023. The study concluded that town union administration embarks on infrastructural projects in government owned primary schools in Njikoka and Anaocha local government area of Anambra State like construction of class room blocks, provision of borehole and other service oriented projects like recruitment of auxiliary teachers in schools and  encouraging every child to go to school. It disagrees that town union administration monitors teachers’ attendance in public primary schools and gets approval for projects they want to embark upon from their meetings and unfortunately town union administration don’t account for fund received within their tenure of office.