The Justification Of Local Government Autonomy On Socio-economic Development: A Case Study Of Sagamu Local Government Area, Ogun State

AbstractThe study was on the justification of local government autonomy on socio-economic development of Sagamu local government area. The general objective of the study was to establish the nature of relationship between financial control mechanisms and autonomy with a view to exposing the contradictions between policy objectives of government and the actual realization of the objectives of local government in Ogun State. The specific objectives of the study were to: to establish whether Federalism guarantees local government autonomy, to determine if the financial dependence of local governm…