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Know the Difference: Participatory Development vs Participation in Development

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This clarification has become necessary because many people — including practitioners — often confuse participatory development with participation in development. Yet, the distinction between the two is fundamental to how we design and implement truly inclusive and effective interventions. During a recent field visit to six rural communities across Lapai, Paikoro, and Wushishi (Niger State), […]

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When Our Climate Change Communication Failed: A Lesson From The Field

When Our Climate Change Communication Failed: A Lesson From The Field

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Climate change is real, and its impact is hitting our most vulnerable populations the hardest, especially rural farmers. As a climate advocate and communicator, I believed I had a solid strategy to reach them. I was wrong. In November 2023, I designed a climate change awareness campaign targeting rural farmers in the Federal Capital Territory

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Development Communication 101: No One is Illiterate

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Having been active on the field for 15 years, I have observed a pattern in development practice. A greater number of practitioners approach solutions to development intervention on the assumption that they are experts, while targeted communities are considered illiterates who know little or nothing. In Nigeria, we simply assume them as illiterates. In my

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Assessing the Effectiveness of Participatory Communication and Community Development in Abuja, Nigeria

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Lokoja Journal of Information Science Research, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2024) AUTHOR: Audu Liberty Oseni Abstract A good number of development programs in Nigeria fail due to the inability of the state and non-state actors to facilitate active community participation in decision-making on issues affecting them through a participatory communication process. In a sample representation

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The Role of Participatory Communication in Community Development

The Role of Participatory Communication in Community Development

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Policymakers, development agents, and communicators often disregard the involvement of the people in the dialogue and negotiation on issues affecting them. Rather, we often impose ready-made solutions as a replacement for local knowledge and solutions. Policymakers and development practitioners often fail to realize that participatory communication holds the key to an inclusive decision-making process that

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