YUNUSA, IDRIS2023-09-222023-09-222020-01-09https://teras.ng/api/asset/document/931af2b4-cab2-4475-803d-e925bbacf1f6https://teras.ng/catalog-item/a79b1fe6-b5de-4f83-b37b-fa2376d9ab23http://dspace.teras-network.net:4000/handle/123456789/33410The study examine the causes of development projects failure and abandonment and the relationship between community participation in sustainability of health &water supply projects in the selected ten(10) communities of Bauchi local government Areas,Bauchi State- Nigeria. The study ascertain whether community participation in development projects engender their sustainability. The major assumption of this study is that community participation and ownership of development projects do significantly impact on their sustainability. The study adapted “System Theory popularized byLudwing von Bertalanffy. The data collected both from primary and secondary sources using structured questionnaires, interviews and observation of the both healthcare and water supply projects. On the other hand, secondary data collected fromthe council minute of meetings, projects reports, projects estimates and community minutes. Data collected from structured questionnaire were analysed usingboth descriptive andinferential statistics tools (frequency, tables and percentage)whereas Chi-squire non-parametric test was used to testhypotheses. The study conducted in ten (10) communities and sampled drawn from both male and female of the communities including their leaders and officials of the Local Government. The result from ten selected communities shows that the local government has failed to provide opportunities for people to participate in their development process. The problems of un-sustainable situation of facilities as identified by the study is largely attributed to the failure of local government to provide opportunity for beneficiaries to be partners in the provisions of facilities. The study therefore, revealed that local government officials do not respect community inputs in development process and do not consider them as partners in providing community solution.The results of the two hypotheses show that local government officials and communities members had no significant differences on their view about community participation lead to projects sustainability and projects reflected on community felt-needs lead to higher projects achievement. The study therefore, recommended that to attain sustainability, development projects must be stepped down to the basic level of understanding of local communities and they must be deeply involved in the entire projects cycle; they must be made to comprehend and appreciate the project, its dynamics and dimensions including intended benefits as well as impacts of the projects so that communities can willing to accept and own the project. This can also stimulate benefiting communities to sort and utilise available resources whether local knowledge, know-how, experiences, materials and finances to keep the project going and functional for both intra-generational benefits even without continue support from outside.Post Graduate Theses