SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION AND ITS’ CONTRIBUTES TO RURAL LIVELIHOODS IN MPOHOR

Abstract

The study seeks to investigate into social infrastructure and its contribution to rural livelihood in Mpohor District. To achieve the objective, various methods were used to collect data these includes; Questionnaire, Observation and Interviews. The findings of the study were that; social infrastructure contribute to the socio-economical lives of the rural dwellers, it provide employment, it reduces migration and immigration in the rural communities, absent and inadequate leads to poverty and it leads to mortality rate with the rural communities. This study also recommends as follows: There should be a growing effort by Government and the Ministries to provide and improve on the exiting social infrastructure, there should be the need to sensitizing community members on fund inadequacy, the District should capture development gaps in the district medium development plan so to provide them and inter sectorial linkage that is collaborating with Non-Governmental Organisations, Community Base Organisations and government agencies to help the district bridge the developmental gaps.