LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION & DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Olisa Agbakoba & Hilary Ogbonna:
Local Government Administration & Development in Nigeria (A Capacity Building Manual)
Lagos: Human Rights Law Service, January 2004
ISBN 978-36705-2-2. (xvii+109 pp.)
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This is a training manual for local government administrators, community-based organisations, NGOs, activists and policy makers, interested in improving good governance on the local level in Nigeria.
The objectives of this manual are: (1) to enable local government administrators to appreciate their roles as developmental agents and to enable them harness the various resources at their disposal to bring about meaningful grassroots development; (2) to help various interest groups and grassroots constituencies reach an understanding of issues in local government administration; (3) to assist political actors, community organisations and grassroots people in the context of their dealings with the local government; and (4) to help every stakeholder to develop action plans for the local government in their respective areas.
The manual is intended to be used as training material for seminars and workshops, as a reference guide as well as advocacy material in public enlightenment and discourses.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

Part 1 EVOLUTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Origin and Forms of Local Governments

Part 2 GOVERNANCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Good Governance in Local Governments
Administration of the Local Government
Financing of Local Governments
Budgeting in Local Governments

Part 3 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN LOCAL GOVERNANCE
Civil Society Participation in Local Government Administration

Part 4 LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT
Local Governance and Development

APPENDIX: Functions of a Local Government Council
Fourth Schedule to the 1999 Constitution

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