Drivers of socioeconomic and cultural factors affecting rural development in nsukka lga, enugu state, nigeria

Over the years, Nsukka Local Government Area (LGA) of Enugu state, Nigeria has been experiencing a slow rate development. Based on this therefore, work was designed to investigate drivers socio-economic and cultural factors militating against rural development in Area. A purposeful sampling used select one hundred (100) respondents each five Villages, making it total 500 respondents. Questionnaire instrument for data collection. Data represented using simple percentages, charts, Chi-square. questionnaires shared, 483 were correctly completely filled analyzed SPSS. The findings revealed that traditional belief system, gender segregation, land use mismanagement project funds, poor execution projects non-involvement community members planning constitute some Nigeria. result also showed there statistically significant relationship (P <.033) between respondents’ level education participation Finally recommended people should learn welcome harness despite their system be collaborative effort government people, more especially youths implementation projects.