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| Nigerian Local Government System: Issues, Challenges and Prospects |
Chukwurah, Daniel Chi Jnr, PhD, Johnpaul Onyebuchi Nduba, Akam, Benjamin Ekene
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Abstract:
The paper centers on Nigeria local government system, its challenges and prospects. This is against the backdrop that Nigeria is a country blessed with both human and material resources that is capable of transforming her present state of under development. The paper looked at the different structures of local government in Nigeria from before colonialism to date and the concomitant vicissitudes. The paper was anchored on the theory of structural-functionalism and adopted the descriptive research design. The paper shows that factors such as personnel problems, loss of autonomy, financial constraints, corruption, etc. constitute the bane to efficient and effective service delivery by local government in Nigeria. Thus, the paper recommends inter-alia that measures should be taken to make sure that staff recruitment, selection and placement are based on merit system and not politicized. Also, the local government autonomy bill recently signed into law by the president should be vigorously applied and local governments should strive to engage in activities that would enable her generate wholesome internal revenue by committing more to her constitutional functions as contained in the fourth schedule of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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