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Revenue Mobilization As A Tool For Effective Local Government Administration
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS
The idea
of bringing government nearer to the people gave rise to the creation
of states, yet it does not achieve the goals of spreading government
policies. Not a pace at least that could match the breath taking needs
of our percentage in this space age. It was healthy news therefore to
all Nigerians when further steps were taken by introducing Local
Government Reforms of 1976 for effective Local Government Administration
at the local level taking Sanga Local Government Area as a case study
area.
The glaring question is, which role has revenue played in the
performance of local government/area function with particular reference
to Sanga Local Government Council? What are the machineries used in the
collection of that revenue? What are the periods of collecting this
revenue? Who are the officers involved? Which department performs the
duty at last? And who are the people supervising those officers
responsible? These are some of the issues which this research intends to
tackle. It is only when a problem is identified that efforts are made
to find solutions to the problem.
1.3 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The
bulk of revenue of Sanga Local Government is raised for personal income
tax, rates and statutory allocation for both Federal and State
Government, the main aims of embarking on this research includes:
(1) To identify the problems associated with revenue mobilization of Sanga Local Government.
(2) To know other sources of revenue generation apart from those of 1976 Local Government Reform sources.
(3) To study the major sources of finance that are accrued to the Local Government Area.
(4) To know how revenue mobilization are controlled.
(5) To offer useful suggestions for improving generation of more revenue for industries and mines, investment and so on.
(6) To ascertain the achievement so far made by Sanga Area Council during past and present governments.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
finance and account department of the Local Government is the life wire
of the organization. Therefore, the significance of the study is the
revenue mobilization and for effective Local Government Administration.
It is very important so as to bring about prudent management of the
local government. Secondly, it is aimed at meeting the requirement for
the award of National Diploma in Public Administration and Management in
the Federal Training centre, Kaduna.
It is worthy to note that any
study one embarks upon is as important as anything one thinks of.
However, the purpose of this study is to examine the role of revenue in
the development of local government and effective implementation of
policies and programme.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study focuses on Revenue Mobilization as a tool for effective Local Government Administration, taking Sanga Local Government Area as a case study. Revenue Mobilization is a concept that needs to be fully understood and exploited in order to find the ways and procedures of its collection and utilization. However, many Local Government Administrations fail to develop appropriate measures for its improvement due to the problem of collection procedure between the collectors and the supervising ... Continue reading---
