Local Government Administration And The Challenges Of Rural Development

(CASE STUDY IDEMILI SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ANAMBRA) CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY           Nigeria is regarded as a developing country and this informs, the ideas that her rural communities, which are part of the entire political system is struggling, to facilitate socio-economic growth. Idemili South Local Government Area in Anambra State, which represents a good sample of rural administration in Nigeria reflects a number of rural development concerns.            According to Dike, V. (2006), Local Government Area’s are supposed to be engines of national devel…