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EFFECTS OF POOR RURAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES

Jibasen Sheni

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Alvan Journal of Social Sciences
Volume/Issue
3(2), 2026
Pages
364-374
DOI
10.67638/ajss-2026-v3-i2-029
Keywords
Rural infrastructure, poverty, health-care, road network, Dorowa, Taraba State.
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Jibasen Sheni
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jibasensheni@gmail.com
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Abstract

Dorowa community, like the vast majority of rural settlements in Nigeria, is held in a deeply entrenched cycle of infrastructural deprivation that limits the socio-economic wellbeing of its residents at every level. The community currently lacks functional road networks, reliable water supply, electricity, and any form of state or federal health facility conditions that reflect a broader national pattern of rural neglect that has been extensively documented in the development literature. This paper examines the specific effects of these deficits on the daily lives and economic prospects of Dorowa's residents. It draws on field interviews with community members and key informants alongside secondary data from government reports and development literature. The findings confirm that the absence of basic infrastructure does not merely reflect poverty; it actively reproduces it, cutting off access to markets, education, healthcare, and income-generating opportunities in ways that pile up across generations. The paper calls on policymakers, non-governmental organizations, and development partners to treat the provision of rural infrastructure in communities like Dorowa not as a secondary concern but as the indispensable foundation of any credible poverty alleviation agenda.

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Jibasen Sheni (2026). EFFECTS OF POOR RURAL TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURAL FACILITIES. Alvan Journal of Social Sciences, 3(2), 364-374. https://doi.org/10.67638/ajss-2026-v3-i2-029

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