Local Government and Challenges of Revenue Allocation in Nigeria (A Study of Yewa South Local Government, Ogun State)
Local Government and Challenges of Revenue Allocation in Nigeria (A Study of Yewa South Local Government, Ogun State)

Summary/Abstract: The existence of Government primarily to provide services that will make life worth living. Furthermore, local governments as third tiergovernment are created to bring government closer to the people at the grassroots and for transformation of lives at the rural level.The purpose of this paper is to examine local government and the challenges of revenue allocation in Nigeria using Yewa South Local Government as a case study and to probe issues with revenue allocation among tiers of government with focus on the third tier of Government.This study employed both primary and secondary method of data collection.The paper concludes and recommends that state joint local government account should be abolished as it gives state government absolute control over local government.

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