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The Impact Of Local Government Finance On Efficient Service Delivery In Nigeria
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
According to Ojo (2009) local
governments have performed below expectations as a result of poor
management. In recent time, lack of funds has often been attributed as
the major problem which had hindered effective and successful execution
and completion of many projects at the local government level. However,
experience has shown the contrary that poor finance management, rather
inadequate finance is the bane of local governments’ inability to
achieve substantial development in their domain (Tonwe cited in Ojo,
2009).
It is common knowledge that local government has the weakest
capacity to initiate and manage rural development programme. This is due
to the fact that the quality of human resources available at local
government level is seriously insufficient. Most of the officials are
performing their function without the relevant qualification to perform
effectively. As a result, the available resources for accelerated and
sustainable rural development are inefficiently utilized for the purpose
intended (Ocheni et al cited in Adeyemi, 2013).
However, the
implication of this according to Ajibulu (cited in Adeyemi, 2013) is
that local government is now considered as an extension of state’s
ministry. The inherent nature of this problem has caused subservience, a
situation where local government waits for the next directives from
states government before embarking on any developmental projects. This
has made local government an object of control and directives. Hence, it
is important to investigate the impact of local government finance on
efficient service delivery in Nigeria with a special reference to Ojo
Local Government Area (LGA).
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The
main objective of the study is to examine the impact of local
government finance on efficient service delivery in Nigeria. While other
specific objectives are:
1.Investigate the impact of local government finance on efficient service delivery in Nigeria.
2.To determine the relationship between mismanagement of fund and development at the concil level.
3.To find out the relationship between local government internal generated revenue and development in Ojo LGA.
4.To
provide plausible recommendations and way forwards to the problems of
local government finance on efficient service delivery in Nigeria.
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