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| Imperative of Income Earning and Socio-Economic Development in the Third Tier of Governance in Anambra State Government |
Ibe, Basil, Okoye, Sunday Chinonso and Chukwurah Daniel Chi Junior PhD,
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Abstract:
This study examined income earning and economic development in Ogbaru local government areas of Anambra State, Nigeria. According to the study, economic development is positively related to income earning which is the nucleus and the path to modern development. Local government being the third tier of government and the closest to the people especially in the rural areas need revenue to provide basic social amenities to the people. But it is unfortunate to note that the local government management has not lived up to expectation especially to provide basic social amenities to the rural people. Thus, due to their remoteness from the local communities, the local government is to bring governance closer to the people at the grassroots, with the aim of caring for the socio-economic and development needs of local populace. The study established that the local governments in Nigeria are docile in terms of aggressive revenue collection to augment allocations from the federation account which they get on monthly basis. Other empirical review hinged Local Governments' abysmal revenue generation on dishonesty on the part of council revenue collectors, who, in most cases, misappropriate collections made on behalf of the council. It was concluded that poor revenue generation by local government in Nigeria has affected the spread of development to all the nooks and crannies of the country. Thus local government councils and their management should strategically plan on proper measures to generate revenue to meet with their functions as provided by the constitution of the country. It was recommended among others than existing law that abhor the use of tax consultants who take over the responsibilities of the revenue officers should be retained to encourage renewed focus on building the tax institution and having a core of well trained staff within the institution for effective tax collection.
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