ABSTRACT
All over the world, the standard of living of nations in the world has varied due to the varied levels of development attained by different nations. Within a nation, different standard of living is always observed. Nigeria is not an exception.
It is obvious that rural areas continue to be less developed than their urban counterparts. This continues to be a source of worry to successive governments of Nigeria. Successive efforts were therefore, put in place to bridge the gap between the levels of Development of the urban and rural areas but little or no success was recorded.