Post-Independent Development in Nigeria: The University of Ibadan as a Catalyst for the Development of the Agbowo Community (A Rural Area), Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Ogunleye-Adetona Comfort Iyabo; Fejiro Akpooghene Juan

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Post-Independent Development in Nigeria: The University of Ibadan as a Catalyst for the Development of the Agbowo Community (A Rural Area), Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Ogunleye-Adetona Comfort Iyabo, Fejiro Akpooghene Juan

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Development involves the processes of economic growth, social welfare, and modernization. The Nigerian government in an attempt to develop the country tried the principle of cumulative causation or the growth-pole approach using the University of Ibadan, Oyo State to facilitate development in the Agbowo community, a rural settlement near the university campus. This study was therefore undertaken to find out if the University has impacted the development of the Agbowo community. Primary information required was obtained through the use of questionnaire administration and interviews. The simple descriptive, binary regression statistics were used to summarize and explain the findings. The binary regression analyses revealed a strong relationship between the establishment of the University of Ibadan and socio-economic development in the study area. There is, however, room for additional imputes to improve the functional interdependence relationship or otherwise between the University and the Agbowo community in other to enhance further development. Increasing population in the community, for instance, requires the provision of more houses, healthcare facilities, and other infrastructures. The study, therefore, recommends that the Government, town planning authorities and the University should collaborate/work together in the effort towards improving the status and availability of health facilities, improving the road network of the area, and eventual improvement of the people’s wellbeing and eventual development of the study area.

Published in	Urban and Regional Planning (Volume 7, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.urp.20220703.17
Page(s)	120-132
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Development, Agbowo Community, University of Ibadan, Agent of Development, Growth-Pole Approach

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Geography and Regional Planning, the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana
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Geography and Environmental Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria

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