CHAPTER ONE
1.0
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
1.1
INTRODUCTION
There have been several local
governments in attempt to stabilize and rationalize government at local level.
All local government reforms that
have been taken place in the country that of general Ibrahim Babangida regime
of glaring reform in basic detect of previous local government reform in the
ethics country is either mobility to do things on their own having to seek
clearance from the state as well as federal government for this new reforms is
a welcome development.
If the Nigeria government will read the
hand writing on the wall and respond positively to the yearning of the masses
in the country they will see the need of giving a free hand to the local
government and encourage them give rural development a serious consideration.
The implication of the formal system of
local government in Nigeria leave very much to be desired because local
government people at the grass root level must enjoy a high degree of autonomy
granted to the various local government, with particular reference to Ilorin
West Local Government Area. It is my believe as well that these proposals are
intended and leadership protection among the rural populace
What is being practiced in Nigeria unit
now can rightly be referred to local administration and non local government.
It is therefore and desired to study the
political and administrative set of Ilorin West Local Government Administration
and come up with recommendation that makes the operation of Ilorin local government to the people by
people
1.2
STAESMENTOF THE STUDY
The research work is necessary, because it has to do
with the problems that our local government still faces till this time; some of
these problems are bad unstable electricity, bad water supply, non-improvement
in agriculture and bad education e t c.
Measures has been taken place in the past to solve
problems, measure like electing of the
local government chairman, councilor and other members to the local government
council at the same time and allocation of revenue to the local government by
the federal government through the state government. But those problems are still
easiest because of the corrupt activities that our leaders has inherited form
their successor and the level of illiteracy of the people in the local level.
1.3
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this study is to
think a way of solving the problems that the people of Ilorin West Local
Government face at this time and to know more about the problems of the local
government autonomy, and to find out facts or prove existing and to enable me
to develop the sense of critical analysis about the case study of these project
work [Ilorin West Local Government, Area Ilorin) lastly, to gain historical
insight about the people of Ilorin West Local Government.
The significance of this study is
to know the role, problems and prospect of local government autonomy in
relevant to the area of Ilorin West Local Government Area Kwara State.
Further more, to find out a
reasonable recommendation and conclusion relevant to the case study of those
topics.
1.4
SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY
This work being an engagement in
these directions will surely benefit sets of policy formulators, policy
implementers, public managers and local government employee.
The various issues that are
reviewed or analyzed and recommendations that are proffered shall certainly be
of good assistance to the people in their official engagement. The research
work may also benefit future researcher in their field serving as source of
reference for their works.
1.5
SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE
STUDY
These project works concerned both
the Ilorin West Local Government Area because of their chosen ethical social
and religion affinity more so; Ilorin West Local Government Area is recently
out of the old Ilorin Local Government Area equal importance is their political
work and is encumbered by of time.
1.6
ORGANIZATION OF STUDY
The organizations of study of this
project were arranged or complete as follows in the study paragraph.
Chapter one, covers the introduction to the subject of the study,
statement of the problem, purpose/objectives of the study, significance of the
study, research hypothesis, scope and limitation of the study, organization of
study, determination of the terms or operational term and references.
Chapter two deals with literature
review that is what is local government? With the aims of treating work of
various authors on the related subject.
Chapter three covers the research
methodology itself, the introduction, sample and population of the study, sources
of data, method of data, analysis of data and the research problem.
Chapter four deals with the data
presentation and analysis while the last chapter which is chapter five is used
with summary, recommendation, conclusion and bibliography.
1.7 DEFINITON OF TERM
OF OPERATION TERMS
Local government:
It is considered as an administrative decision of a country, it can also be
considered as the third tier of the government found in the grassroots level,
and it is headed buy the local government chairman. The reason behind the
creation of local government is to break the communities into smaller units for
effective systems of administration
Local government
autonomy: It is the independence of local
government in all state of federation of government for efficient and enhances
or promotes political and economic development.
Prospect; This is an ideal of what might
happen in the future or it is the expectation looked forward, it is possible to
these people or group who hope to gain something.
Problem:
This means the equation to be silenced or decided especially is difficult. It
can also be defined as a thing that is difficult to deal with or to understand.
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Adigwe, F. (1974): Essential of
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