LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS A VEHICLE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS A VEHICLE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT
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2005-09
Authors
MURTALA, BELLO MUSTAPHA
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Abstract
The study was carried out with the aim of assessing local
government as a vehicle for rural development in Nigeria. The study
focussed on the activities of Wushishi local government area of Niger
state.
In doing this, both primary and secondary data were colleted.
The primary data were sourced through questionnaire drawn and
interview conducted on some randomly selected residents and staff of
the local government. The data obtained were analysed using tables,
percentages and frequencies. Two hypotheses were postulated to help
in gathering and analysing the data collected.
From the analysis of the data, findings revealed that the local
government has not been able to perform this role as a result of
ineffective and inefficient manpower, inadequate, misapplication and
misappropriation of financial resources and excessive political
interference and control from the higher tiers of government, especially
the state government most especially through the instrumentality of
state/local joint account.
Based on these findings, the study recommended that the local
government service should motivate qualified and highly skilled
personnel to join the service. The workforce should be trained to
improve on its proficiency, the local government should improve on the
internally generated revenue and areas of waste/corrupt practices
should be checked. Also the state/local government joint account be
scrapped and in its place, there should be direct allocation to the local
governments, while the latter be made to render proper accounts on
how financial allocations made were spent.
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BEING A THESIS PRESENTED TO POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT
OF THE REQUIREMENTS FORTHE DEGREE OF
MASTER OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (MPA)
SEPTEMBER 2005
Keywords
LOCAL,, GOVERNMENT,, VEHICLE,, RURAL,, DEVELOPMENT: