Revenue Generation And Utilization And Its Impact On Local Government Development In Nigeria

CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY 1.0     Introduction Nigeria has three tiers of government systems, these are; (1) the federal government (2) the state government (3) the local government. These essences of this division of government into the federal, state and local level is to enable the government exercise her administration easily and effectively. However the 1979 constitution spells out the function of each level of government. Generally it can be said that the government are responsible for the provision of the collective (social) goods and services on a non-commercial basis as well…