The study assessed the impact of Community Driven Development Strategy (CDDS) of
National Fadama Development Programme in Billiri Local Government Area of Gombe
State. Data were collected using a well- structured questionnaire from 120 randomly
selected respondents, made up of 40 participants and 80 non-participants. The data
collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, Likert scale, chi-square and t-test.
Result of chi-square test revealed that participants had favorable attitude towards NFDP-II strategy (P<0.05;
X2 =17.3). T-test result indicated a significant difference in the income of participants before and after the
NFDP-II (P<0.001) and between the incomes of participants and non-participant (P< 0.001). The Likert
weighted mean score of 3.0 indicated significant increases in participant’s productive socio-economic
attributes. The study also identified the major constraints to NFDP-II strategy in the study area to include
untimely disbursement of fund, lack of down payment and inadequate counterpart funding. To this end
timely disbursement, increased counterpart funding and creating effective awareness for knowledge and
resources management will promote the participation, adoption and success of the CDD strategy.