Membership participation has become a veritable strategy for empowerment in the development scene. The participation of community members in development activities enhances capacity building. Sustainable development has to do with participatory development, human development and environmental protection. This study examines participation of community members and sustainability of government-driven rural development projects in Abia State of Nigeria. The purposive sampling technique was adopted in the study. The sample comprised of 6 communities from 6 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state. The focus group discussions (FGDs) and in-depth interviews (IDIs) were the instruments for data collection. The sample size used in the study was 72 FGD participants and 6 IDI respondents. Data generated for the study were analyzed in quotes. The study revealed that all the rural communities under study have benefitted from government projects. It also shows that the executed projects have impacted on the quality of lives of the people. Furthermore, the study revealed that membership participation in the execution of projects is low and this has implications in project sustainability.

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尼日利亚阿比亚州政府主导的农村发展项目的成员参与和可持续性

成员资格的参与已成为在发展领域中增强能力的真正战略。社区成员参与发展活动可增强能力建设。可持续发展与参与性发展，人类发展和环境保护有关。这项研究考察了尼日利亚阿比亚州社区成员的参与以及政府驱动的农村发展项目的可持续性。本研究采用目的抽样技术。样本包括来自该州6个地方政府区域（LGAs）的6个社区。焦点小组讨论（FGD）和深度访谈（IDI）是数据收集的工具。研究中使用的样本量为72名FGD参与者和6名IDI受访者。为研究生成的数据用引号进行了分析。该研究表明，所有接受研究的农村社区都从政府项目中受益。它还表明，已执行的项目对人们的生活质量产生了影响。此外，研究表明，成员参与项目执行的参与度很低，这对项目的可持续性具有影响。