This research empirically examined the impact of empowerments of traditional rulers on
rural development in Cross River State, Nigeria. In order to guide the study, two research
hypotheses were formulated. A survey design was adopted for the study and questionnaire
was the main research instrument used to collect data from the respondents. Five hundred
and twenty government certificated traditional rulers (respondents) were randomly sampled
from the study area. For the purpose of sampling, the cluster and purposive sampling …