1.0INTRODUCTION
1.1OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY
Local Government is the third tier of government and is defined according to Local Government Reform Guidelines of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1976) as;
“A set of local government with their own identity, powers and sources of revenue established under state legislation with functions for which they are responsible to the state”.
The aim of creating local government as the third tier of government is that it is the level of government closest to the people at the grass-root which by its productivity to the people can sensitize and satisfy people’s needs in terms of development and provision of services through the involvement of members of the public in the development of their area.
It is in pursuance of this objective that both the various state and Local Government Edicts and the fourth schedule of the 1979 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, page 119 of the Times Press Limited assigned functions to the Local Government. These functions are divided into two that is provisions of social service and economic development of the local government area. To make this possible, the revenue allocation Act of 1981 allowed 10% of the consolidated Revenue of the Federal Account to the Local 149 (2) of the 1979 constitution. In the same way, each state of the federation is made to accord 10% of its internally generated revenue to local governments within its area.
But there has been the problem of financial and manpower resources commensurate enough to financial local government administration and provide the required services to the people.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Pageii
Approval Pageiii
Dedicationiv
Acknowledgementv
Prefacevi
Table Of Contentsvii
Chapter One
1.0Introduction1
1.1Overview Of The Study1
1.2Statement Of The Problems2
1.3Objective Of The Study 3
1.4Scope Of The Study4
1.5Limitation Of The Study5
Chapter Two
2.0Review Of Related Literature 6
2.1Introduction 6
2.2Sources Of Local Government Revenue6
2.3Statutory Allocation An Loans8
2.4Problems Of Revenue Generation 9
2.5Motivation And Corruption9
2.6Mismanagement And Incompetence 11
2.7Research Question 13
2.8Formulation Of Hypothesis13
2.9Research Design And Methodology. 16
Chapter Three
3.0Summary Of Findings,
Recommendation and Conclusion18
3.1Summary Of Findings18
3.2Recommendations19
3.3Conclusions 21
Reference and Bibliography 22