Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/284677 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Citation: 
[Journal:] Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) [ISSN:] 2081-8319 [Volume:] 18 [Issue:] 4 [Year:] 2018 [Pages:] 1335-1349
Publisher: 
Opole University, Faculty of Economics, Opole
Abstract: 
Borderland communities hold a strategic position in many countries. However, in spite of this, many of these communities, specifically in Nigeria, are still characterized by neglect and underdevelopment. Based on the above fact, this study explores the service deprivation and coping strategies of rural borderland communities in South-Western Nigeria. The study revealed that the majority of inhabitants of rural borderland (64.0%) get their water supply straight from streams and are bound to cover distances of 500 meters or longer to collect water. Similarly, the majority of them defecate in bush reserves around their houses. Also, the study showed that people can travel across the national border to neighboring countries on a regular basis to access basic services, like healthcare facilities. Likewise, medical personnel or attendants from neighboring countries or towns are called during critical or serious illness to render services which the Nigerian Government does not provide. The development of Nigeria's frontier areas is therefore of paramount importance and really pending, and must be made priority in urgent and major developmental actions taken in the country.
Subjects: 
access to services
rural communities
borderland communities
deprivation
South-Western Nigeria
JEL: 
I31
D63
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Document Type: 
Article

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