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Implications Of Local Government Autonomy On Rural Development
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1.4 Research Hypotheses
The following hypotheses were formulated to guide the study:
HA1:
State interference in the management of local government revenue has
constituted the bane to rural development in Ebonyi State.
HA2: Poor financial management practice in the local government hinders rural development in Ebonyi Local Government Area.
HA3: Corruption free and local government autonomy will enhance rural development in Ebonyi Local Government Area.
1.5 Significance of the study
This
study will be highly significance, given the enormous crucial role
local government autonomy plays in the local government administration
towards promoting rural development in Nigeria and Ebonyi State in
particular. In view of this, this study will be significant to the
government in making adequate policy efforts that will accommodate
grants of autonomy to the local government which will enhance effective
and efficient performance through good governance.
Similarly, this
research will be of immense benefit to the public especially the local
government officials in understanding the objectives and role of local
government in promoting rural development. Consequently, it will expose
the need to be prudent in management because it is bedrock of effective
functioning of local government administration that enhances rural
development.
Also, this study will be immensely significant in the
field of academics since it will serve as a good reference material to
future researchers given the dearth of well researched materials on the
implications of local government autonomy on rural development in Ebonyi
State.
Finally, this study will be highly beneficial to the
researcher in understanding the reasons behind the poor rural
development recorded in the local government system in the country.
1.6 Scope of the study
This
study covers the implication of local government autonomy on rural
development in Ebonyi State, Ebonyi local government area in focus. The
study also covers the concept of local government and autonomy, the
impediment to local government autonomy in Nigeria including Ebonyi
state as well as the patterns of state government interference in the
local government autonomy and its negative implications towards local
government administration that hampered rural development.
1.7 Limitations of the study
However,
several factors constrained this research one of which was the absence
of well researched materials on the implication of local government
autonomy on rural development in Ebonyi State. The researcher therefore
had to use available literature on journals, magazines, internet among
others.
The limited time for the research was also a constraint since
her class work ran together with the period for the research. However,
effective time management helped to ensure the success of this work.
Finally,
poor attitude of the respondents to the research also hindered the
study though the researcher had to mobilize research assistants to make
the study a success.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This work titled, “Implication of Local Government Autonomy on Rural Development in Ebonyi State†A study of Ebonyi Local Government Area†was aimed at ascertaining the extent to which state interference in the management of local government revenue constituted the bane to rural development in Ebonyi State, examining the extent to which poor financial management practice in the local government hinders rural development in Ebonyi Local Government Area among others. “Fisca ... Continue reading---
