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    COMMITTEE SYSTEMS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT. Definition: Committee |System in Local Government is a mechanism of ensuring greater democratic participation of the citizenry in the law making process. Committee could be established due to the large volume of business to be transacted‚ Local Government may find it imperative to entrust some of their functions to committees. In running the affairs of the local government‚ the Local Government Executive Committee may set up standing and ad-hoc committees

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    THE 1976 LOCAL GOVERNMENT REFORM AND PHYSICAL PLANNING DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA S. A. Ifaturoti‚ Department of Estate Management‚ Obafemi Awolowo University‚ Ile-Ife‚ Nigeria. Email: addyfax02@gmail.com Mobile Number: +234 706 270 9658 1.0 INTRODUCTION Local governments are an integral part of government. It is similarly the tier of government that is closest to the people being governed‚ and so the most effective means through which higher governments- state and federal- institute their policy

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    state therefore created local government as the third tier of government whose objective is to ensure effective‚ measurable and efficient service delivery to the people. Local government is faced with various difficulties. The major concern of this paper is to dwell on these difficulties and illuminates the factors that are responsible for them. In achieving this‚ the paper relies on descriptive approach and unstructured interview. It concludes that problems of local government are multifarious in nature

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    LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY IN NIGERIA; A NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM "The basic irony between the U.S system and ours is that; while the various forms of local government are working wonders even when they are not mentioned anywhere in the U.S constitution; complaints over the failings of the Local Governments abound here even when they are entrenched in and catered for by

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    AN APPRAISAL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY IN NIGERIA By Adelana‚ Olamide Samson olamidelana@gmail.com +234 802 286 8888 Local Government is one of man ’s oldest institutions. The earliest form of Local governments exists in the form of clan and village meetings. In fact‚ democracy itself originated and developed along the lines of local governance initiatives in the ancient Greek city states. One of the major functions of LG is to bring about meaningful development in the rural areas. As

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    Democracy and Economic Reform in Nepal: CONFLICT AND CONSEQUENCES FOR DEMOCRACY Prem Khanal Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow National Endowment for Democracy The views expressed in this presentation represent the analysis and opinions of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for Democracy or its staff. Outline of Presentation Political Forces in Nepal History of Economic Reform Political Resistance to Economic Reform Today: Financial Sector Labor

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    organization as it offer high level of development? The quality of welfare and training given to the local government personnel has significant impact on their operational efficiency and behavioural integrity. Therefore‚ the government through the Local Government Service Commission should give serious attention to the provision of appropriate and adequate welfare and training of the Local Government personnel. Ojofehinti (1992) stated that the subject of management of human resources in the

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    REVENUE GENERATION IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT COUNCILS IN NIGERIA. A CASE STUDY OF OBAFEMI/OWODE LOCAL GOVERNMENT Submitted by DAIRO ISAAC KUNLE Dept. Of Economics‚ University of Ibadan RESEARCH PROPOSAL INTRODUCTION Local governments are potentially very important for Nigeria as they play a significant role in generating revenue and encouraging civil involvement‚ as well as creating a visible link between taxes and service delivery. The increasing cost of running government coupled with dwindling revenue

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    nations; and regional economic cooperation and development. In pursuing the goal of regional economic cooperation and development‚ Nigeria helped create the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)‚ which seeks to harmonize trade and investment practices for its 15 West African member countries and ultimately to achieve a full customs union. Over the past decade‚ Nigeria has played a pivotal role in the support of peace in Africa. It has provided the bulk of troops for the UN peacekeeping mission

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    Reality of Fiscal Decentralization ROY BAHL Georgia State University The growing interest in fiscal decentralization in Asia is part of a worldwide pattern. Most developing countries have long ago placed the strengthening of sub-national government on their development policy agenda. Decentralization is an important part of the transition strategy for many former socialist countries. Some industrialized countries are retuning their fiscal decentralization (Canada) while others have introduced

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