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The Impact Of Poor Revenue Generation On The Development Of Local Government Areas In Nigeria
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The principal aims of creating local governments were as follows:
1.
To serve as the third tier of government through which appropriate
services and development are made in response to the wishes of local
community through their representatives.
2. To serve as an intermediary between government at the center and local communities.
3.
To mobilize and utilize both human and material resources by engaging
the people at the local level in the government activities.
4. To
facilitate the exercise of democratic self – government closer to the
grass root of the society and to exchange initiative and leadership
potential.
Mostly, all local governments in Nigeria do no longer
perform their responsibilities simply because of poor finances arises
from adequate revenue generation drive. The bad financial situation is
further aggravated by the prevailing inflationary situation in this
country which erodes the value of funds available to render essential
social services to the people. Development is highly associated with
fund, much revenue is needed to plan, execute and maintain
infrastructures and facilities at the local government level.
Different local governments strategize comfortable and feasible ways to generate their revenue.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The
local government is saddled with the responsibility of taking care of
the citizens at the local level. These people most time lack the direct
care from state and federal governments thereby lacking essential
facilities and state of modern civilization. In these localities, there
is lack of pipe borne water, accessible roads, electricity, markets etc.
which leads to rural-urban migration. Due to all these, a poor revenue
generation is an issue that must be tackled as soon as possible.
Therefore, the researcher will find out the impact of poor revenue
generation on the lives of people at the rural areas and how it has
affected development in the local government as a whole.
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