Although the Better Life Programme was geared towards rural women development, however, casual observers and media reports have accused the urban women of hijacking the programme to the detriment of the rural women. This study therefore, sought to identify the reasons that subsequently made the rural women underdeveloped, establish the problems affecting the Better Life Programme in achieving their objectives and access the government's involvement in funding the programme. The methods used in carrying out these research were through field investigations, questionnaire, interviews (written & oral) and perusal of related documents or records from files. Six hundred (600) questionnaires were administered to the five (5) selected local government areas out of the sixteen (16) local government areas in Anambra State. Out of these six hundred (600) questionnaires, five hundred (500) questionnaires were completed and returned. Other secondary data used were magazines, journals and newspaper publications. The study covered the period between 1987 - 1993. From the study it showed that the rural women were actively involved and the programme has made tremendous positive effect on their development. However, it was found that the following factors - ignorance, poverty and traditional position of women were problems limiting the actualization of the full potential of the Better Life Programme. Simple percentage in a tabular form was used for the analyses. For this study, three hypotheses were formulated to find out the activities, productivity and funding as regards to women development. It was recommended that rural women should be the center of focus in implementing the programme. Education and enlightenment constitute crucial components of mass mobilisation. Therefore, a major efforts of the Better Life Programme should be made to ensure the access of all women to basic education. The recommendations of this study if adopted by Nigerian women and the implementation committee of the Better Life Programme for the rural women in every state, will help in overcoming the age long problem of both the Nigerian and the African women as a whole.