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Local Government As An Instrument Of National Development
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1.2 Statement of the Problem
Local governments are established
to bring about developments. In Nigeria however, this has not been the
case. Poverty, unemployment and starvation still pervade the nook and
cranny of the country.
With the knowledge that development is
essential and critical to growth and sustenance of any country.The local
government administration in Nigeria has been put through several
political, administrative, structural, and financial reforms since
colonial era till date for effective democratic governance and political
participation of the rural people in order to attain grassroots
development that would translate to sustainable national development.
These reforms have not yielded any meaning grassroots development as
local government are just playing the puppets, and as such many have
called for the scrapping of this third tier of government. Wilson (2011)
adds that the zeal for democratic governance at the grass root informed
the establishment of local government as a democratic institution and
framework for the governance of the rural people. However, it appears
the reforms are not giving the local governments the desired capability
as a democratic institution to achieve meaning grassroots development
across Nigeria.
It is against this backdrop that this research seeks
to examine the impact of Local Government on National Development with a
special reference to Badagry Local Government Area (LGA).
1.3 Objectives of the Study
The
creation of local government by the federal or state government is to
bring government closer to the people and also foster the development of
the local citizenry.
The following are the objective of this study;
1. to identify the relationship between local government and national development
2. to examine the impact of local government administration on service delivery at the grassroots.
3. to find out if inadequate finance has hindered national development in Badagry Local Council.
4. to find out if corruption among Badagry LG personnel has affected the execution of community development projects.
5. to identify the challenges facing local governments in performing their functions effectively.
6. to make appropriate suggestions on how to make the local government system more efficient and effective.
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