AN APPRAISAL OF REVENUE GENERATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF CHIKUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AN APPRAISAL OF REVENUE GENERATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF CHIKUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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2007-01
Authors
IBRAHIM, MICHAEL KUBAI
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The focus of this work is on r venue gene ration and
local government performance in Nigeria. Given this
objective, i t was hypothesis zed that: -The level of finacial
autonomy gr anted to local government s and their weak
revenue generating capacity, have greatly affected the
development of the grassroots; The state and local
gove rnment joint acc ount has e f f ective ly er oded any le vel
of independence f or loc al government there by obs truc t ing
its r ole as a tool f or de velopment in Nigeria; the nature of
intergove rnmental re lations in Niger ia, has greatly af f ected
the leve l of pe rf ormance of local governme nt.
Documentar y research and surve y me thod were
employed in data c ol lec tion and the three hypotheses tes ted
and de veloped.
The major f inding theref ore is that lack of Revenue
gene rating ef f or t in Local Government af f ects it s
perf ormance.
It was theref ore c onc luded that the re cannot be a
viri le and dynamic local government system without
ensuring that the function assigned to local governments
are properly aligned with tax arising powers or physical
jurisdiction and that designated re venue rights are
guaranteed and adequately protected. The study however
recommended that there should be a review of the function
of each l eve l of government there is the need to give the
local government a larger share of the federation account ,
the re should be power to raise revenue and incur
expenditure and of is all discipline in terms of revenue effort
and accountability should be oder to
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BEING A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE
SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR
THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF PUBLIC
ADMINISTRATION (MPA)
JANUARY, 2 007
Keywords
APPRAISAL,, REVENUE,, GENERATION,, LOCAL GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT,, NIGERIA, CASE STUDY,, CHIKUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT