LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS
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2017
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Ilorin Journal of Human Resource Management. Published by Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
Abstract
The local government constitutes the most critical level of government in the move for
sustainable national development. Over the years, national development has been
canvassed to take off from the grassroots as the local government is widely known as a
vital instrument for rural transformation and machinery for effective delivery of socioeconomic
services to the people. In the light of this, in 1976, the nationwide local
government reform was initiated where the local governments were saddled with more
functions, responsibilities and finances. However, this development has led to wide
disparity in what should be expected of the local government and what is actually
happening in the local government in terms of socio-economic service delivery for
national development which is the central focus of this paper. The aim of this paper is
to discuss the challenges confronting the local government in carrying out its functions
as a level of government as well as highlight the prospects for local government as an
engine of national development. This paper has adopted a conceptual approach
through the use of secondary sources of data to analyse the objective. It is discovered
in this paper that the local government has lost its footing in the developmental process
due to unwarranted encroachment into the administration, finance and operations of
the local government by the state governments. Therefore, it is recommended in this
paper that for local government to be vibrant and perform up to expectation, a
constitutional amendment must be made to cede the local government away as an
appendage of the state government.
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Local Government, National Development, Nigeria
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Oyedele, S.O., Osezua, E.M., Abdulkareem, A. K., & Ishola, A.A. (2017). Local Government Administration and National Development in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects. Ilorin Journal of Human Resource Management. 1(1); 142-154. Published by Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, University of Ilorin, Ilorin.