Assessment of the use of remittances as a community development tool in Abia State, Nigeria

Sustainability in community development is a community development strategy that calls for the involvement of thecommunity people to bring development to their locality using their ideas, resources, creativity, culture, natural beauty andinitiatives. This helps to reduce waste and crime, prevent pollution through promoting efficiency and empowering localresources. Sustainability in community development could be achieved using remittances from international migrants tosupport development activities within the local communities. This study explores the use of remittances as a communitydevelopment strategy in Abia State, Nigeria. The study adopted a multi-staged method of sampling technique, whichincludes cluster, simple random and purposive sampling technique to select 112 study participants from the three senatorialzones that makes up Abia State. In-depth interviews (IDIs) and focused group discussions (FGDs) were the instruments ofdata collections. Findings revealed that study participants were of the view that remittances especially money remittancehas been a major sustainable community development strategy explored in the study area. Further findings shows thatmigrant-friendly legislation, effective mobilization and inclusion in addition to effective communication are ways toenhance remittances as a sustainable community development strategy. How to cite this article using ASWDNet style Chukwu N. A. (2024). Assessment of the use of remittances as a community development tool in Abia State, Nigeria. People centred – The Journal of Development Administration (JDA), 9(1), 25-34. https://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jda.v9i1.4 Visit journal website: https://jda.africasocialwork.net