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Political Elite and Local Government Administration in Nigeria: An Appraisal.

Authors: NWACHUKWU Chituru

Publication Type: Chapters in Books

Journal: Babcock University Press

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This paper explored the nexus between leadership deficit and failure to fast-track Nigeria’s development and tackle the problem of poverty through efficient delivery of public good via local government administration in Nigeria. Traditional rulers, chiefs, wealthy individuals, as well as princes and priests constituted the political elite in pre-colonial Nigeria. However, a new class of educated elite emerged during the colonial days, with its nationalistic activities which indeed helped to gain independence from the British colonialists. This led to a social contract in which the Nigerian people placed their destiny and well-being in the hands of these leaders. The latter, on their part promised to meet the needs and aspirations of the citizenry by providing basic needs such as water, good roads, food, security, electricity and education. However, 56 years after independence, local councils in Nigeria, believed to be in the best position to provide these basic amenities to rural communities, have been bastardized by the ideology of quick-loot-fast-plunder. This paper, which is analytically qualitative as it depended on secondary sources of data, found that since 1999, local government administration has been put in a perpetual state of coma through constitutional and administrative legerdemain by the national state. The way forward is to change the 1999 constitution which constitutes a bulwark against democratic progress at the local level.

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NWACHUKWU,C. . (2019). Political Elite and Local Government Administration in Nigeria: An Appraisal., 2 (), 781-781.

NWACHUKWU,C. . "Political Elite and Local Government Administration in Nigeria: An Appraisal." 2, no (), (2019): 781-781.

NWACHUKWU,C. and . (2019). Political Elite and Local Government Administration in Nigeria: An Appraisal., 2 (), pp781-781.

NWACHUKWUC, . Political Elite and Local Government Administration in Nigeria: An Appraisal.. 2019, 2 ():781-781.

NWACHUKWU,Chituru , . "Political Elite and Local Government Administration in Nigeria: An Appraisal.", 2 . (2019) : 781-781.

N.Chituru , "Political Elite and Local Government Administration in Nigeria: An Appraisal." vol.2, no., pp. 781-781, 2019.

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