» ABSTRACT This project work examined corruption and local government administration inNigeria. Corruption is a practical problem involving the outright theft, embezzlement of funds or other appropriation of the state property, nepotism and granting of favour to personal acquaintances. It has been arg…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This deals with Local government as an instrument of development. This is important because Local Government is closer to the people. And its financial capability will enhance development in Nigeria. The data collection from both primary and secondary sources through the use of questionn…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study examines the local government finance and service delivery for community development. It adopted a descriptive research design to elicit data. 100 participants were selected using the simple random sampling technique from the staff of Badagry Local Government. Questi…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study was conducted to determine the Impact of Local Government in Rural Development where Ojo local Government Area was used as a case study. A well designed questionnaire was administered on the subject matter to the citizens of the Local Government. Data that were collected an…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The impact of Local Government internally revenue is likely to be felt by the people in the community in the sense that, all development in the community area are been carried out by the Local Government of the community. This is so because, in the local government, like any organization, t…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This project has been able to shed more light to the role of local government in political development of a nation. The research sample is randomly selected from Agege Local Government by survey method composed of one hundred and twenty respondents therefore, through the hypotheses tested i…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 GENERAL OVERVIEW The local government system in Nigeria has undergone several reforms, among which were 1976, 1984 and 1991 reforms respectively. The reasons for these reforms were to make the Nigerian Local Government virile, independent and more functional…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT The study examines the Impact of Ikeja Local Government Administration on Poverty Alleviation in the sub urban area called Ikeja in Lagos State of Nigeria. Poverty is a state where an individual is not able to cater adequate for his/her basic necessities such as food, clothing and shel…Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This research entitled local Government and community development: A case study of Owerri Municipal Council of Imo State is aimed at evaluating the impact and contributions of Owerri Municipal Council in Community development. It is also to identify the problems that are militating against …Continue Reading »
» ABSTRACT This study is designed to investigate the impact of local government in rural development. The primary and secondary sources of data collection were used in the research and the researcher found out during the research that local government was established to provide the services which t…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study The Local Government in Nigeria is an indispensable tier of government in the Nigerian federal system. It is deeply rooted in the law of the land and derives its powers from the constitution. Section 7(1) of the constitution of the Fede…Continue Reading »
» AN INVESTIGATION OF THE IMPACT OF ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM ON THE EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN LAGOS STATE CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study According to Gullkvist [2003] because the need for reliable data is growing, information systems are increas…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND STUDY Education is one of the most important instruments for emancipating mankind, and each community invests much in it to guarantee that each generation gains the required skills, information, and attitudes for future survival. However, the level to which ed…Continue Reading »
» CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Local government administration, wherever it is performed, is heavily influenced by the people's historical, geographical, social, political, and economic lives. This is especially true in Nigeria, which has a lengthy history of slavery, coloni…Continue Reading »
» CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORMS IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY The system of local government administration practiced anywhere in the world, is dependent largely on the historical, geographical, sociological, political and economic life of the peopl…Continue Reading »
» CONFLICT MANAGEMENT IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The term conflict specifically means breakdown of relationship between parties and this was corroborated by oxford English dictionary definition in which conflict was defined as a serious disagreemen…Continue Reading »
» AN APPRAISAL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCES AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEM CHAPTER ONE 1.1 OVERVIEW “The third level of government is the local government. State governments have considerable powers over their local government council, but the functions of local government councils are now separately…Continue Reading »
» FISCAL AUTONOMY AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the study Nigeria is a federal state made up of three tiers of governments. Accordingly, the constitutional assignment of responsibilities to each of the tiers in both the exclusi…Continue Reading »
» IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY In the last few years, the social media phenomenon has become increasingly entertaining across the world. According to Alford, (2013), social media is a type of online media that…Continue Reading »
» IMPLICATIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study Since time immemorial, local government autonomy has been a discussing issue among academic scholars cum researchers. Local government in Nigeria is a product of decentralizatio…Continue Reading »
» THE ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT (A CASE STUDY OF OBINGWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA ABIA STATE) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY The nationwide local government reform launched with reference to the 1999 constitution gave birth to the making of local government a third tie…Continue Reading »
