EFFECT OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
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EFFECT OF TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Chapter one
INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
According to Laleye M. (2008) “Local Government in West Africa Since Independence”
Local government is described as a government established by law to carry out certain functions within defined boundaries. Local governments in Nigeria face higher problems than other levels of government because they are responsible for promoting equal social and economic development at the grassroots.
The chairman of the council is supposed to establish work plans and budgetary implications, manage and supervise the allocation of financial and human resources, and monitor project implementation.
Unfortunately, in addition to lacking the above requirements, elected and civil service officials at the local government lack the ability to establish excellent working relationships, build consensus, negotiation skills
and the commitment to develop partnership for improved development effectiveness throughout all the Local Government in Akwa Ibom State, there are major cases and allegations of grass misconduct levelled against the chairman, councillor.
Lack of transparency and accountability, gross and wanton breaches of financial regulation and procedures, corrupt enrichment of self, outright embezzlement of local government funds
misappropriation of funds through superiors’ contracts, and alleged execution of non-existent projects, dishonest fraudulent, and violation of the local government administrative laws 2000 and 2002 as applicable in Akwa Ibom state.
Local governments have the long-term authority to manage their communities.
The purpose of this research is to investigate the extent to which transparency and accountability in local government administration have improved or increased the standard of living of people in rural areas, with Uyo Local Government serving as a case study.
Local government in Nigeria has existed since the emergence of political institutions in pre-colonial Nigeria. The numerous empires, kingdoms, chiefdoms, and community states that existed prior to the establishment of modern Nigeria all had types of governance that affected the local population.
For example, in the old Oyo and Benin empires, there were sometimes three to four tiers of government: the central government, the provincial government, the district government, and the village government.
The authority of the Alafin or Oba was represented at each tier of government, and tributes and tolls were collected at each tier for the general administration of the empire.
The same system was true of the Fulani empire in the nineteenth century, which was structurally composed of However, it is widely accepted that the history of local government in Nigeria began with the British’s establishment of indirect control.
Lord Lugard, the first governor general of Nigeria following the union of the Southern and Northern Protectorates in 1914, explained and popularised the concept.
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