The study observed the seemingly stampede in the development postures of the South and unraveled its nexus with the hegemonic stance of the West through the analytical lens of dependency theory. Ex-Post Facto research design was used and data were collected from secondary sources through Documentary method and the collected data were analyzed with the aids of tables through Content analysis. Dependency theory was adopted, which maintained that the hegemonic tools were used to subject the South to the West, and the study found that the hegemonic tools of the West have contributed to development challenges in the South. However, the study recommends that the south should delink and improvise environmental friendly ideological tools for development instead of sheepishly adopting the Western projected tools which were detrimental to the South.