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Grass Root Authorities And Socio-economic Development In Nigeria
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background Of The Study
In the
past two decades, the potential importance of local government’s
institutions has increased throughout Nigeria, as the demand for local
development and improved services has grown. One of the reasons for this
has been the confirmed growths and greater congestions of towns which
in its turn, have accentuated such urban problems and crowded roads,
inadequate water supplies and absolute sanitary facilities, in both
rural and urban areas, the rising expectations and demands on the part
of people for more better local public services.
However, local
government is a system of administration under which communities and
towns are organized to maintain law and order, provide some limited
range of social services and public amenities and encourage the
cooperation and participation of inhabitants in joint endeavours towards
the improvement of their condition of living. It provides the
communities with a formal organizational framework which enables them to
conduct their affairs effectively and regulate the actions of their
members for the general public good. The brief statement on the nature,
of local government is relevant only at a stage in the evolution of
developing societies Local government all over the world have been
described as government at the local (grassroots) exercised through the
decentralization of state, central government through representative
councils which are established by law to perform specific duties within
restricted geographical areas Ademolokun 1979).
According to the 1976 local government reforms, local government has been defined as:
“Government
at local level exercised through representative councils,
established by law to exercise specific powers within
defined areas, these powers should give the council substantial control
over local affairs as well as institutional and financial
powers to initiate and direct the, provision of services and determine
the type of projects to be executed, so as to complement the
activities of the states and federal government in the areas and
ensure through active participation of their people and their
traditional institutions that local initiative are response to local
needs and conditions are maximized (Ademolokun 1979).
On the other
hand, local government cannot provide adequate essential services to its
rural people without their participation in developing their areas: one
of the important contributions of people in developing the areas is by
means of constituting community development project.
Community
development is essentially the deliberate attempt for communities to
work together to guide the future of their communities development, of a
corresponding set up techniques for assisting community people in such
process†as we all know, community development activities are undertaken
voluntarily with or without financial support from the government or
other agencies Ademolokun (1979).
The facts that the government has
placed high premium on cooperative efforts of rural development, like
execution of community development, self-help projects, encourage
communities to undertake such viable projects in order to supplement
government effortâ€.
In addition, in its effort to develop rural areas
the federal government of Nigeria established some agencies to
complement communities’ effort in rural development such agencies are:
National Directorate of Employment (NDE) and community Banks, Family
Economic. Advancement programmed, National Community Development Board,
IFAD, FADAMA III Programme e.t.c.
However, emphasis given to rural
development is manifested when introduced community†development board
that would help the local government in the areas of community
development.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]In this research work, the researcher intended to have a general discussion with local government as my background. But lack of space may not allow me for detailed discussion and analysis. However, all essential part of the role of Grassroot administration in economic and social development of rural areas in Nigeria are discussed.In chapter one, I discussed the background the problem of the study, the scope, some research questions and research hypothesis, significant and some definition of term ... Continue reading---
