iarjelIARJELIARJEL2708-5120https://doi.org/10.47310/iajel.2020.v01i01.001Assessment of the Impact of Women Development Centre as an Agent of Women Development in Oyo State of NigeriaGladysModupeKayodeMaryOlufunkeAdedokunMoshoodatIyanuoluwaBiliaminuDepartment of Adult Education and Community Development, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, NigeriaAn assessment of the impact of Women Development Centre as an agent of women development in Oyo State of Nigeria was examined in this study through the use of a multistage sampling procedure. Random sampling technique was used to select five Local Government Areas (LGAs) in the state. In each of this LGA, 10 women were selected. Thus, a total of 50 women were selected as respondents for this study. A self-designed questionnaire tagged “Questionnaire on Impact of Women Development Centre on Women Empowerment (QIWDCWE) was used as the instrument for the study. Results revealed that the respondents were of varied socio-economic classifications, literates, adherents of the two major religions in the study area and were slightly more in the non agricultural based occupations. Most of the respondents were conscious of the existence of the Women Development Centre (WDC). Field observation revealed that the more the distance the respondents reside from the WDC, the lesser their familiarity with the WDC and its activities. WDC was described as an institution that offers hope for the hopeless women. The respondents strongly perceived WDC as institution that possessed diverse empowerment benefits for women. Women who participated in WDC programmes demonstrated improved   performance on their jobs, their interests in politics were enhanced and demonstrated massive improvement in their socio-economics, entrepreneurial skills, access to diverse information, and consciousness of their health and that of their families. Factors inhibiting the activities of WDC were enumerated and strategies that could ameliorate them were proposed.