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The Impact Of Intergovernmental Relation On Local Government Administration In Nigeria
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
To
appreciate the depth of courses in the Federal System in Nigeria, one
has to follow the recent trend of the raging controversy between the
Federal and State Government over the exercise of power or control of
revenue resources of Local Government and how not to have assumed the
undue prominence given to it as a constitutional question if Nigerian
leaders, particularly the Federal level and adhered strictly to the
norms of federalism and followed the precedents established by the past
democratic government in Nigerian Federation.
In
Nigeria, the issue of sharing resources among the three levels of
government has remained controversial due to lack of acceptable
formular. It generates tension and bat blond among the three tiers of
government. This has resulted in setting up of different committees or
commissions to prescribe t prescribe the formular to be used. Also there
exists a conflict between the Federal State and Local Government area
acceptable form was for sharing revenue. For instance, the conflict is
usually whether the principal of derivation, need, natural interest of
landmass should be used as a basis for the purpose. Even when these
principles may be generally accepted as the main basis for working out
revenue allocation formular. Conflict might arise following as to which
of the principles takes precedence over other as the main outrival for
sharing the revenue.
This is the problem of tax
jurisdictional which refers to the problem of which aspect of government
should collect what revenue over a particular area. These have been
serious problems between the Federal, State and Local Government. They
are the lowest level of government likewise they collect the least
amount of tax revenue, which makes them still stagnant.
Another
problem is the existence of control of one level of government by
another in any aspect (Abonyi 2005). Local Government is dominated by
the Federal and State Government. They do not have their own autonomy
making them too dependent on the other levels of government. Mention
must be made of the problem of finding the best method of channeling to
another especially from the Federal to the Local Government. (Ugwu,
1998:90)
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The main objective
of the study in impact of intergovernmental Relations on Local
Government Administration in Nigeria, with particular reference to
Kaduna North Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]The essay work examines the impact of intergovernmental relations on local government administration in Nigeria. The essay argues that Local Government is not mutually exclusive of other levels of government and that as such there is bound to be an interaction between the local and other levels of government. The study reveals that intergovernmental relations among the levels of government were in disarray due to the conflicts over issues of tax jurisdiction, revenue allocation, intergovernmenta ... Continue reading---
