The study examined issues associated with the performance of facilitators in
Fadama 111 Development Project. All the (68) facilitators in the Fadama 111
Development Project were used. Questionnaire was used for data collection and
analysis conducted using descriptive statistics. Majority of the facilitators were
females (51.6%) with mean age of 39 years and working experience of 8 years
in extension. A greater proportion (64.0%) had degree with specialization in
agriculture (50.9%) and social sciences and other disciplines (49.0%). The
respondents ranked interaction with supervisors (M= 3.98), methods of human
/staff communication (M= 3.56), monitoring and evaluation system (M= 3.32),
timeliness of allowance (M=3.22), coordination and supervision techniques used
(M= 3.20), provision of training facilities, (M= 3.20) as the first six organizational
factors influencing performance. Job- related issues included pressure to
increase output/quality of work (M=3.67), Supervisors expectations (M= 3.57),
staff mobility (M= 3.52), timeliness of input (M=3.49), inadequate training
opportunity (M= 3.28), conflicting orders (M= 3.21) and others. Also employeerelated
issues associated with performance of facilitators were involvement in
religious activities (M=3. 37), academic background (M= 3.34) health status (M=
3.26), extended family burdens (M= 3.13), listening to TV programmes (M=
3.12), relationship with spouse (M= 2.98) and others. The study recommends
that development planners and administrators should ensure organizational
type, personnel development and management systems that could promote and
foster enabling working environment, improve capability and staff welfare for
enhanced performance of extension workers