Community and public administration support strategy compass is the official name of the community and public administration support project of the government of the netherlands, in albania. The government of the federal republic of nigeria for many years had evolved varied principles and theories aimed at putting in place a local government system that is virile, efficient, effective, innovative and productive. This statutory functions of the local government is very. In nigeria, the nature and structure of transactions or interactions between the three tiers of. Financial management in nigerian local government system. Presidential system of government in nigeria facts you. Local government autonomy as an imperative for true. Although democratically elected local government is protected by the constitution, and development areas and autonomous communities are created by individual state legislation, elected local government is lacking in. The scope and future of local government autonomy in nigeria. The 1976 nationwide reforms of the local government system in nigeria apparently provided a panacea for all the structural problems of this level of government. The topic local government system as an instrument for rural development is to assess the preference of nigeria local government systems in the area of rural development. Introduction the politics of local government creation in nigeria is as old as the country itself. Kentebe takes over as exec sec of nigerian content. Local governments in nigeria relevance and effectiveness in.
The focus of this paper therefore is an examination of local government finance in nigeria using iwo local government as a case study. The functions of local governments, as spelt out in the constitution, are as follows. The major challenge bedeviling the operations of local government area in nigeria is local government autonomy as local government areas in nigeria are not truly autonomous. Nigerias creaky political system council on foreign relations. Apr 25, 2012 in examining the deficiencies of the local government system in nigeria one of the major issues seem to be a problem of accountability of local governments along with serious capacity issues. Nigeria has made progress since its return to democracy in 1999. In all these efforts, it was the 1976 local government reform in nigeria that sought significantly to restructure and. Case of state government websites in nigeria the electronic journal of e government volume 14 issue 1. It is through an effective local government system that is obligations and duties to the people will be idealized. Historical epochs of local government administration in. The local government service commission has been empowered to handle staff matters particularly those in senior category while the state assembly has oversight functions on its.
Uniformity in local government system and the governance model. Local government should do precisely what the word government implies, i. This paper seeks to determine the relationships the challenges and background between state local government fiscal relations is in nigeria. Nigerias fourth republic solomon adebayo adedire department of political science and international relations, landmark university, omu aran, kwara state abstract. Local government, politics, governance and development. Ilorin journal of human resource management ijhrm 1 1 2017 local government administration and national development in nigeria.
Politics and challenges of the 1999 constitution asaju, k. It shares borders with benin to the west, cameroon and chad to the east, and niger to the north. Retrospecting the local government system in nigeria 1983 1993 erunke, c. To the government of the federal republic of nigeria. Ethnocommunal conflict and the local government system in. The paper examines local government and intergovernmental relations in nigeria. To explain why local governments have been ineffective. Nigerian government and found to be unreliable by the national population. Within this system, functions are locally and directly executed by.
Nigerias higher education system once regarded as the best in subsahara africa is in deep. Local governments in nigeria relevance and effectiveness. Local government is not sovereign like independent nationstate. According to the structure of this organization, the president is the head of states. The version of this system of government in nigeria has its advantages and disadvantages. Sources and utilization of local government finance in nigeria abstract local government is the third tier of government, it suppose to communicate directly wit the people through their representatives. A plethora of local associations and institutions were found to be active, including traditional and kinship institutions, community associations, occupational associations, cooperatives, women s groups, immigrant welfare associations and religious. It is a subordinate government which derives its existence and power from laws enacted by a superior government. Local government administration in nigeria and the. It therefore recommended that for sustainability of local government autonomy and democratic governance in both countries usa and nigeria, fiscal autonomy should be granted so as to enable the local government to have effective service delivery. Department of public administration ahmadu bello university, kongocampus, zaria kaduna state, nigeria.
Apr 10, 20 the local government system in nigeria different authors and scholars have given various definition to the term local government if it is viewed from a legalistic point of view, it may be referred as body corporates having perpetual succession with power to save and be saved. The constitution guarantees a system of local government run by democratically elected councils. The 3 tiers of government are not complete without mentioning local government in nigeria and theres a strong relationship between these arms of government. Full list of local government in nigeria structure. The role of nigeria local government in rural development. Local government and intergovernmental relations in nigerias.
What was original in this american federal system of government was the feature that citizens were directly represented at not only the regional level of government, but also at the new overarching, general level. The nigerian state was a product of 1914 amalgamation of northern and southern protectorates by lord lugard. What links here related changes upload file special pages permanent link page. The population of the states and local government areas lgas of nigeria according to census results and latest population projections. Nigeria summary nigeria is a federal republic with three tiers of government. Local government administration in nigeria and the localist. Using theoretical analytical method, the paper found that local government system in nigeria has been an unfortunate orphan under the state and federal government. The constitutional guarantee of an autonomous local government system in nigeria is a clear indication that grassroots administration in the country. In nigeria, this compulsive need to extend the power and presence of government has inevitably compelled the government to accept the need to distribute power and the principle of power sharing in the political system. The arms of government in nigeria operate at every level starting from the top level federal government level to the last level local government level of the government. The nature and challenges of local government administration in nigeria local government is the system of political decentralisation in which the power base of decision making is, to a great extent, not national but local. This need is equally expressed in nigerias desire to domicile a substantial.
The paper concludes with a treatment of the imperatives for optimizing the effectiveness of local governments in nigeria. Therefore, the problem of governance, particularly at the local level, has been in. Nigerias creaky political system council on foreign. The catalogue of problems remained those of inadequate financial and other resources, frequent transfer of functions to and from local.
The first is the local government service commission. Local government administration in nigeria is classified as the third tier of government while several problems have been its recurring decimal and various reforms since 1976 havent been able to make the system effective and responsible to developmental challenges. Therefore this study will be examining the local government accounting system of nigeria, assess the extent to which proper accounts are kept and to providing solutions to the inherent problems identified. Take a look at a few facts about nigerian presidential system that. Nigerian government appears not to have seen the need to allocate a. Local government and intergovernmental relations in. A discourse on the theoretical imperatives in a governmental system article pdf available june 2014 with 494 reads how we measure reads. The website attribute evaluation system waes was developed by. The local government is the third tier of the administrative structure in nigeria. They include the federal, state and local government. But a political system crippled by corruption and dogged by ethnic tensions threatens to. The state governors and the administration of local. The common law in the legal system is similar to common law systems used in england and. It provides for a presidential system of government in which there is an executive, a legislature and a judiciary, with each acting as a check and balance on the powers of the other two arms.
The reform also tacitly freed the local governments financially from the apron string of the state governments. That is, it was a system akin to dual citizenship with citizens being simultaneously members of both a regional and a general polity. Local government was not only accorded its pride of place in socioeconomic wellbeing of the country, it was also seen as a way of bringing government closer to the people. Personnel management functions at the local government level can also be performed in at least two different locations. The federal military government has therefore decided to recognise local government as the third tier of government activity in the nation. Challenges of egovernment implementation in the nigerian public service article pdf available in journal of writing in creative practice 14. The presidential system of government in nigeria defines the political organization of this country. In short, and to us, local government is simply the government at the grassroot. On the other hand, the local government system in nigeria originated from the formal political institutions that existed in the precolonial era. This was the first time a concerted effort was made by the federal government to brighten the future of local government. Nigerias executive arm is comprised of 3tiers of government. Pdf challenges of egovernment implementation in the. State, community, and local development in nigeria.
Department of political science nasarawa state university, keffi, nigeria. Literature is replete with definitions of local government, but across all the definitions, one can rightly conclude that it is the unit of government administration at the local level below the state level. Arguably, the babangida reforms that freed the local. This study presents the results of consultative surveys examining local organizations in 36 rural and urban communities across nigeria. The constitution further provides for the operation of three tiers of government, at the federal, state and local levels. Olowu says local government should have some degree of. Currently, nigeria operates a federal system of government, with a federal government, thirtysix states and seven hundred and seventyfour local governments. Revenue generation and local government administration in. So far the local government system in nigeria has not been stable and thus its future remains bleak, uncertain and insecure. The common law in the legal system is similar to commonlaw systems used in england and. Data for the study were gathered from facetoface interview, available records in iwo local government, text books, lecture notes, journals, reports, seminar presentation and internet materials. The icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure gender, age groups, age. The most authoritative and generally acceptable definition is that provided by the united nations office for public administration. Nigeria is currently made up of 36 states and the federal capital territory and a total of 774 local government areas.
The preamble to the guidelines for 1976 local government reforms stated that, the state government has continued to encroach upon what would have been the exclusive preserve of local government. Case of state government websites in nigeria the electronic journal of egovernment volume 14 issue 1. What are the reasons for the creation of local government in nigeria. Jul 10, 2014 local government as corporate body become modernized in 1976 when local government was recognized as a third tier of government following. Uzuegbunam 1 and johnson emeka nwofia 2 1department of public administration and local government, university of nigeria, nsukka, nigeria. The local government areas in nigeria have however, not been very effective due to the fact that they are very much dependent on the state government. Local government, grassroot mobilization, democratic representation, colonialism, federalism. Many reasons, ranging from the political to the socioeconomic. Development will be insignificant in such a political system if the government does not positively affect the life of the people of the grassroots or if development eludes the grassroots dwellers. The federal government of nigeria is composed of three distinct branches. The organization and structure of local government in albania produced by. These are income accruing to the local government from both federal and state government. International journal of development and economic sustainability vol.
Many reasons, ranging from the political to the socioeconomic, have been given for the creation of local government. The 1976 local government reform which most scholars described as magna carta of the local government in nigeria introduced uniformity to the local government system in all parts of the federation. Dakas nigeria, named after the river niger, is situated on the southern coast of west africa. Jul 04, 2014 financial management in nigerian local government system july 4, 2014 by leave a comment the evolution of local government in nigeria has followed very closely the precolonial, colonial and neocolonial political development in nigeria. The 36 states in nigeria and their local government areas.
Among others, it has the power to appoint, post, promote and discipline local government employees. In all, there are 774 local governments in nigeria including the four area councils in abuja. Federal republic of nigeria ignatius akaayar ayua and dakas c. Historical epochs of local government administration in nigeria.
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