Original Article International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH ISSN (Online): 2350-0530 April 2021 9(4), 522–528 ISSN (Print): 2394-3629 Received 6 April 2021 Accepted 18 April 2021 Published 30 April 2021 Corresponding Author Dr. M.E. Hanachor, hanamel@yaho o.com DOI 10.29121/ granthaalayah.v9.i4.2021.3881 Funding: This research received no speciϐic grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-proϐit sectors. Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. DEVELOPING A MODEL FOR PROMOTING ASSET BASED COMMU- NITY DEVELOPMENT (ABCD) IN NIGERIA Dr. M.E. Hanachor 1 and Dr. E. N. Wordu 2 1 Department of Adult and Non-formal Education Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria 2 Ignetus Ajuru University of Education Rumuolumeni Port Harcourt, Nigeria ABSTRACT Asset based community development (ABCD) is a shift and direct contrast to the conversional need-based community development (NBD). It focuses on com- munity asset as useful tool to stir up the development of a community. It is concerned with what is available in the community that could be used to devel- opment as against dependence on outsiders or expert for development. The different types of asset in communities were enumerated. The beneϐits and crit- icisms against the approach were also highlighted. A model to guide the appli- cation of the approach was designed. The paper is of the view that every devel- opment intervention in the nation should have its root on asset-based develop- ment approach. Keywords: Model, Community Development, Promoting 1. INTRODUCTION Early days of development practice witnessed development interventions that saw the recipients as poor and needy. This concept permeated into almost all forms of development In the ϐield of Community Development, the case is not different. Hence the United States international co-operation administration of (1956) in M. E. Hanachor (2013) presented community development as “a method by which national govern- ment reaches out to people at the village level and help item use local initiative and resource to achieve increased production and higher standard of living” The picture in the minds of development practitioners during this period is to bring development to the people. This ideal is the brain behind the top-down development approach which has been criticized for lack of involvement and local content, lack of empowerment and sustainability, which often result to abandonment, of development project or pro- grams. How to cite this article (APA): Hanachor, D. M., & Wordu, D. E. N. (2021). Developing a model for promoting asset based community development (abcd) in nigeria. International Journal of Research - GRANTHAALAYAH, 9(4), 522-528. doi: 10.7821/granthaalayah.v9.i4.2021.3881 522