This paper is on Human Resource Development as a tool for empowering grassroots\r\ncommunities for improved community development in Osun State, Nigeria. It evaluates the\r\nvarious human resource development programmes organized by the state for Community\r\nDevelopment Committees (CDC) and their impact on community development programmes of\r\nOsun State. A descriptive survey research method was adopted for the study. A total of three\r\nhundred and fifty (350) Community Development Committee members were randomly\r\nselected from six administrative zones of Osun State using stratified sampling technique.\r\nHuman Resource Development Empowering Programme for Community Development\r\nCommittee Members Questionnaire (HRDEPCDCMQ) was used, and was complemented\r\nwith Focus Group Discussion (FGD) technique to collect information from the respondents.\r\nFour research questions were generated. The data collected was analyzed using multiple\r\nregression analysis, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and t-test statistical methods. It\r\nwas discovered that Human Resource Development promotes in the CDC members the\r\nneeded skills for problem identification, planning, monitoring, implementation and\r\nevaluation of community development programmes/projects. That HRD provides thesatisfaction and motivation for the CDC to handle community development projects as their\r\nown project for improved community development programmes in their communities. It is\r\ntherefore recommended that the government at all levels should encourage continuous\r\ndevelopment of the power of work in both the CDC and the change agents at the locality\r\nlevels for improved community development programmes delivery in Osun State and\r\nNigeria at large.
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