LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA: A CHRONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE FROM 1861 TO 2012
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA: A CHRONOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE FROM 1861 TO 2012
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2017
Authors
Ahmed, Idris Jamo
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The work traced the evolution of Local Government administration
in Nigeria from colonial era to 2012. Relying mainly on secondary
data, the study outlined how series of events which include colonial
intrusion and subsequent introduction of indirect rule system which
made the system as an instrument mainly for maintaining colonial
laws through Native Authorities. The work also argued that, the
1976 Local Government Reform accorded the Councils a third tier
status and enshrined reform measures in the 1979 Constitution but
were subjected to control by the state Governments. The work also
opined that, this has significantly affected LG administration in the
country and rendered them ineffective. This situation has
accentuated another reform effort in 2003 in order to improve
better administration of the people at the local level. Moreover, the
study discovered that, the struggle for better LGs administration in
the country in the year 2012 took a dramatic change as efforts are
being made by the National Assembly to amend Sections 7,162; 7,
313 and Section 162 of the 1999 constitution and replace them with
‘LG autonomy Act’