Abimiku, JohnBawa, BasilJacho, David Sunday2023-12-112023-12-112021-06-01Amiot, C. E. & Hornsey, M. J. (2010). Collective self-esteem contingency and its role in predicting intergroup bias, Self and Identity. 9,62-86. Baumeister, R. F. & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation, Psychological Bulletin. 117 (3) 497 -529 Bramley, G. & Kofi-Karley, N. (2007). Homeownership, poverty and educational achievements: School effects as Neighbourhood effects, Housing Studies. [Online] 22(5)693-721.https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/2333community project participation towards sustainable development hardly takes place in a vacuum. There are barriers as well as motivating factors which propel the community to take part in sustainable development. As much, this paper is designed to access the motivating factors and barriers facing community's project participation on sustainable development. The theoretical framework for this work is system theory and the method adopted is essentially the survey method. This study shows that the barriers affecting community project participation are but not limited to: people's belief and personal perceptions, partisan politics, inadequate financial support, lack of government, NGOs and developmental experts, fear of exclusion, bureaucracy, power and privilege, gender or ethnicity, disability among others. Thus, the communities should look at the variables barriers hindering their community participation which include the people's belief and personal perceptions, partisan politics, inadequate financial support, lack of government, NGOs and developmental experts as they often reflect the inequalities within the society. As such these barriers need to be recognized, acknowledged and addressed as it will be the only way in ensuring sustainable development in these communities.enCommunity, Community Participation, Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Development, Motivators, and BarriersArticle