CONTROL AND SUBVERSION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ALLOCATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR FISCAL AUTONOMY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA
CONTROL AND SUBVERSION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ALLOCATIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR FISCAL AUTONOMY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

Summary/Abstract: The advent of democratic in 1999, couple with the 1999 constitutional provisions empowered States to control Local government finances; these have brought about the abuse of the fiscal autonomy of the local governments and the subversion of the capacity of that tier of government to perform its duties. The main thrust of this paper then is to investigate how fiscal federalism in Cross River State affects Akamkpa local government fiscal autonomy and its adverse implications on sustainable development in the rural areas. The study is a content analysis: Data for the study was generated from secondary sources. The study is anchored on the systems theory by David Easton (1965). The findings show that the absent of fiscal Federalism and autonomy in the Local Government has brought consequential affect on sustainable development in the rural areas. The researcher thus recommends that the provision in the constitution for state joint account should be amended to allow local governments have direct access to their statutory allocations.

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