The Thoeries of Local Government in Nigeria.

Evidence of this first presented itself after Aguiyi-Ironsi dissolved the regional governments of Nigeria after the initial military coup of 1966 (Falola 1999, 118). His Unification Decree incited outrage among Nigerians, whose lives were based upon opportunities granted to them by their provincial governments (Falola 1999). The federal government rewarded members of the provinces’ ethno-political elite with

Local authorities such as the county and city councils have roles such as education, libraries, public transport, emergency planning which will contribute in more of the latest technology resources which will help the people of illness or of people who need immediate medical attention; this will help services throughout a city or a county. Planning and development to improve on the communities appearance; this will make the people in the society love the place where they live which may lead to less criminal damage. Also fire and public safety and waste management and trading standards. Councils make decisions on the situations within the community; they do this by holding council meetings to discuss what needs to be done to help the society. Members of the public are allowed to attend the meetings so they have first hearing of the decisions discussed than those who don’t attend. All decisions the council make in these meeting must be later published. In my opinion I would say that local authorities are a good thing to have as they can focus on small communities than looking at things as a whole country, otherwise no problems within a community will be solved. I think there should be no improvements for local authorities as they tackle all areas that need improving in the community. Local authorities help the public

Therefore, it is principally different from a federal system. The word ‘transfer’ shows that the authority of the local governments retained is coming from the central government. It is a power that being delegated from the higher level of government. On the contrary, constitutional law in a federal system has divided the spheres of the power which each tier of government gets. In other words, the power in federalism, which each level of governments has, including the local governments, comes from the constitutional law and therefore cannot easily be revoked as in decentralization in a unitary

A rural county government would make for an excellent political structure while giving the residents common services. It would also give private businesses opportunities for maintenance, healthcare, waste disposal services, and recreational services, which would not only bring business and jobs but more citizens as well. The services our government would provide

When the members of a dilapidated and impoverished community are complacent with their current position within society, they are highly unlikely to see any positive change. To gain the attention of the government, one must care about improving oneś community. If a community wants to improve, they must employ the help of representatives that wish to immediately ameliorate them of their problems. However, a community taking this action is quite sparse, for many people are complacent or apathetic towards their current position within society. If people want to improve their material conditions in their community, they must take

In conclusion, every governing body holds a certain power for management and development of the cities, state, and nation. What I believe is that the local government should get power in policy making and make other decisions of particular areas within the state because local government will have more information about what are the actual need and wants of people of their locality. However, the local government should cooperate with the state government while implementing their policies. Furthermore, the laws and policies should be implemented by looking at all perceptive and values of the people over these issues.

County Governments- County governments are organized local governments authorized in state constitutions and statutes. Counties and county-equivalents form the first-tier administrative division of the states. All the states are divided into counties or county-equivalents for administrative purposes, although not all counties or county-equivalents have an organized county government. County government has been eliminated through Connecticut and Rhode Island, as well as in parts of Massachusetts. The Unorganized Borough in Alaska also does not operate under a county level government. Additionally, a number of independent cities and consolidated city-counties operate under municipal governments that serve the functions of both city and county., Town or Township Governments - Town or township governments are organized local governments authorized in the state constitutions and statutes of 20 Northeastern and Midwestern states,[1] established to provide general

The main ingredient for a local government bankruptcy to happen is structural weaknesses in the systems and policies of the local government unit (LGU) coupled with political facilitators within the LGU. These weaknesses may refer to rules that are not being followed when issuing licenses or permits, say on building permit or excavation permit in order to favor a friend or a political ally. Poor financial management is another trigger for LGU bankruptcy when an elected official pressures the certain officers and staff in the unit in releasing funds to his/her ambitious project because election time is nearing. This can only be done with the cooperation or collusion of people within the bureaucracy because in return they may also get some paybacks from the elected official. The check-and-balance systems should be in place to prevent getting into the "red". There should be transparency. Periodic audits should be done by an independent party.

Local government and the challenges of the future is a comprehensive topic and subject to many differing opinions as it relates to geographical area examination and their specific needs. Every country, province, city etc. has their own detailed challenges in urban and rural settings but internationally there are similarities.

The first threat focuses on the young leaders in Etowah. Having young leaders in local government is an excellent way for new ideas and approaches to be implemented to keep up with our constantly changing society. The residents in Etowah have a lot of pride in their town and are eager to see it be successful. The young leadership and participation in the

The services they provide the community and the responsibilities they acquire differs in various ways . For instance the services that a community requires differs from each city, town or region causing different responsibilities amongst the government. Also, a municipal government is only the elected representative and the municipality administration. Whereas, a local government includes all sorts of other things because a municipality gives authority to the other organizations to do things. Thus, a local government is a municipal government in addition to agencies, boards and other corporations. Therefore, it is important to acknowledge the differences between them as they are different in various aspects and have different responsibilities and provide various

Okeke,2014. Pressure groups and policy process in Nigeria: a case of fourth republic. Nigeria: Vincent Onyekwelu Su

The first was the weak sense of nationalism caused by all the ethnic groups where religion played a major part of the division. The main three ethnicities in Nigeria are Hausa-Fulani, Yoruba, and Igbo; the former is Muslim while the two latter are Christians. The second cause mentioned was the “divide and rule” which was a British tactic to employ ethnic groups against one another, and thus “helped ensure that ethnicity would be the main line of political cleavage after Nigeria became an independent country.” The third cause is the personal rule system based on “big men” and what this means is that Nigerian’s who worked for the British used their personal relationships to gain power and wealth, and in a certain way it is still used today in the Nigerian government. The fourth devastating cause was the “creation of an increasingly active and interventionist state during WWII and after until its independence in 1960, but that opened the doors to patronage, which would be used to gain political power and wealth. The past reveals the problems Nigeria has had for several decades, some of which have not disappeared but seem to get progressively worse. (CITATION)

Corruption can be defined as the use of entrusted power to accumulate public wealthy for personal benefit. Corruption is not peculiar to any country, continent or state; it is sure a global issue which is an endemic to all government all over the world. However, corruption is prevalent in the Niger delta region of Nigeria; public officers in this oil producing state of Nigeria are corrupt. Consequently, it has defied the Niger delta from developing politically and economically which has left the states reputation in a mess. Radicalization of youths, abject poverty and -political instability are the three leading effects of corruption in the Niger delta region of Nigeria.

Since there is limited intervention possible for these densely and ill-structured suburbs of Accra like Jamestown, Chorkor and Bukom, it is very important that for the now developing areas, measures will be taken to forestall such inconveniences to the society in the future. With the goal of a middle income status in mind, the government can undertake the building of a model town like Abuja in Nigeria where the overall structure will be supervised and developed by the town and country planning authority. The other alternative is for the government to direct the owners of lands- especially stool lands, to make provisions for structures like schools, clinics, community centres, etc.