%0 Journal Article %1 noauthororeditor %A Nkatomba, Makbere Ubonso Jacob | Orlu Chukwuemaka | Eyina Nkatomba %D 2022 %J CENTRAL ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HISTORY %K Development Leadership Politics Social-economic %T Political Leadership and Socio-economic Development of Rivers State %U https://cajssh.centralasianstudies.org/index.php/CAJSSH/article/view/283 %X The paper examined the role of political leadership on socio-economic development of Rivers State. The study raised two research questions and two corresponding objectives. Elite theory was adopted as the theoretical frame work. Both primary and secondary data were utilized. The population for this study is 7,303,924 based on 2022 city projected population. A sample of 400 respondents was drawn with the aid of Taro Yamene formula. The study adopted stratified sampling and purposive sampling technique to administer the research instrument to the respondents. The study generated data from primary and secondary sources. A questionnaire instrument was used in this study titled; “Role of Political Leadership on Socio-economic Development Questionnaire (RPLSEDQ)”. The study employed the test-re-test method. This method allowed the researcher to assess the survey instrument by applying two separate measurements on the same elements at different times with the same methods. The outcome of the pilot survey was compared with that of the final survey to confirm if the results are the same. The data generated were analyzed with Mean and Standard Deviation through the aid of SPSS version 25. The criterion mean was 2.5 which implied that any item found equal or above 2.5 was accounted as Agreed, while item means lesser than 2.5 were interpreted to be disagreed. The study found that the political leaders encourage educational development of the people, however, they have not made significant effort in financial empowerment, skill development, and employment opportunities for the citizens of Rivers State. The challenges militating against political leadership in socio-economic development in Rivers State are corruption, lack of vision, selfishness, wrong value-system, greediness, and ethnic interest. The study therefore advice that the Rivers State political leaders should be very sensitive to the cries and desperations of the average man in the society as to improve the socio-economic development of the state and also enforce and mobilize the appropriate anti-graft institutions or agencies with the necessary materials needed to apprehend and recover looted public funds from corrupt public officials.

@article{noauthororeditor, abstract = {The paper examined the role of political leadership on socio-economic development of Rivers State. The study raised two research questions and two corresponding objectives. Elite theory was adopted as the theoretical frame work. Both primary and secondary data were utilized. The population for this study is 7,303,924 based on 2022 city projected population. A sample of 400 respondents was drawn with the aid of Taro Yamene formula. The study adopted stratified sampling and purposive sampling technique to administer the research instrument to the respondents. The study generated data from primary and secondary sources. A questionnaire instrument was used in this study titled; “Role of Political Leadership on Socio-economic Development Questionnaire (RPLSEDQ)”. The study employed the test-re-test method. This method allowed the researcher to assess the survey instrument by applying two separate measurements on the same elements at different times with the same methods. The outcome of the pilot survey was compared with that of the final survey to confirm if the results are the same. The data generated were analyzed with Mean and Standard Deviation through the aid of SPSS version 25. The criterion mean was 2.5 which implied that any item found equal or above 2.5 was accounted as Agreed, while item means lesser than 2.5 were interpreted to be disagreed. The study found that the political leaders encourage educational development of the people, however, they have not made significant effort in financial empowerment, skill development, and employment opportunities for the citizens of Rivers State. The challenges militating against political leadership in socio-economic development in Rivers State are corruption, lack of vision, selfishness, wrong value-system, greediness, and ethnic interest. The study therefore advice that the Rivers State political leaders should be very sensitive to the cries and desperations of the average man in the society as to improve the socio-economic development of the state and also enforce and mobilize the appropriate anti-graft institutions or agencies with the necessary materials needed to apprehend and recover looted public funds from corrupt public officials.}, added-at = {2022-08-15T10:57:43.000+0200}, author = {Nkatomba, Makbere Ubonso Jacob | Orlu Chukwuemaka | Eyina Nkatomba}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2727bec80bca90298659e8eb5b23b93fd/centralasian_20}, interhash = {ebdb8ea157365af30bdc57adbcb63a10}, intrahash = {727bec80bca90298659e8eb5b23b93fd}, journal = {CENTRAL ASIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HISTORY}, keywords = {Development Leadership Politics Social-economic}, timestamp = {2022-08-15T10:57:43.000+0200}, title = {Political Leadership and Socio-economic Development of Rivers State }, url = {https://cajssh.centralasianstudies.org/index.php/CAJSSH/article/view/283}, year = 2022 }