Local Government and The Localism Principle: A Review
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The main aim of this paper is to highlight that despite the efforts of Successive (central)
governments in Nigeria, at strengthening local government administration through the initiation
of several refonns, they have not been able to convert the opportunities and their pro-ximity to
the local populace into good account through qualitative service delivery. Proceeding from this,
they have also not been able to justify their existence as a tier of government due to self-inflicted
limitations which this paper explored. Th~ paper- is divided into: Abstract; Introduction;
Conceptual discourse on local government and localism principle; A review of local government ·
and the localism principle in the light of several reforms; Conclusion and recommendations. The
paper observed that reforms must be backed by the right (people-centred) approach to
governance and a general attitudinal reorientation on the part of political leadership. The paper
canvassed for the autonomy of the local governments, increase in re-venue generating efforts of
this tier of government and a host of other reforms that can galvanise development in the
grassroots.
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