CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.0 Background To The Study
Indeed, the basic rational for the
existence of government in every sovereign state is to protect the lives and
properties of its citizenry as well as provide essential services that will
better their living condition.
in federal system of government, the
maximization of the welfares of its citizenry at degree of decentralization of
function from the local government, in order for the for the welfare of the
people living in the rural areas to be effectively managed and efficient
service delivery ensured, nations especially the newly independent one have
embarked on reformation of their local government. thus, Nigeria is not
exclusive.
in 1976, Obasanjo’s administration
reviewed local government nationally to enable it handle the affairs of its
locality, generate revenues internally and receive allocation from both federal
and state government which was given in 1979 constitutional reorganization
local government in Nigeria eventually became an agent of development in new
states (nations).
Despite all these reforms local government
in Nigeria suffered a huge set back as a result of mismanagement of funds, lack
of autonomy accomplished by the frequent intervention of the state government
into the affairs of local government which immersely contributed to the
problems of local government in Nigeria.
1.1 Statement Of The Problems
The aims of the local government was to
make appropriate service delivery and development to the rural area but has
noticeable failed in their constitutional responsibility. They are generally
classified as been improductive in their functions.
inadequate financial base has been
frequently identified on the cause of the inability of local government in
Nigeria to perform it’s duties.
frequent intervention of state
government into the affairs of local government coupled with lack of autonomy
are among the factors that are causing malfunctioning of local government .
state/local government jointly owned
account in section 162(6) exempted local government from receiving its own
portion of federal allocations directly.
lack
of skilled manpower are rampant among local government staff, some staff in the
local government were illiterate. all these problems stated above prompted the
researcher into study.
1.2 Purpose Of The Study
The
general purpose of the study is to ascertained development with reference to
Dunukofia local government.
the
specific purpose includes
1)
To access the effort of local government in rural development in Dunukofia
local government area.
2)
To determine factors militating against local government in the development of
rural areas.
3)
To ascertain the impact of local government autonomy on rural development
Dunukofia L.G.A.
1.3
Research Questions
1)
What are the effort of the local government in rural area development of
Dunukofia L.G.A.
2)
what are the factor militating against the development of rural area.
3)
what impact will local government autonomy have on rural development in
Nigeria.
1.4 Statement Of Hypothesis
1)
Hi: There are effort of local government in rural government
Ho:
There are no effort of local government in rural government well in rural
development.
2
Hi: There are factors militating against local government in rural government.
Ho:
There are no factors militating against local government in rural development.
3
Hi: There is a significant impact of local government in Dunukofia L.G.A.
Ho:
There is no significant impact of local government autonomy on rural
development in Dunukofia local government area.
1.5 Theoretical Framework
The structural functionalist approach is
used to analyse the problem in rural development.
According to A.G Almond and James
Coloman (1970). the development of approach in political science owns much to
the work of Gabriel Almond. He identifies certain basic futures which he
considers to be common to all political system. first, all political system
have political structures, that is the existence of more or less enduring
pattern of interaction.
Secondly, all perform the same function
though the frequency of the performance of these functions and the kind of
structures performing them may differ from one political system to another.
(Almond 1970), he also moved into identifying two basic function which a
political system must perform, the political system encompasses what goes into
the system (the input dimension) and
include political socialization, interest articulation interest aggregation and
political communication. the government function or the output dimension
include rule making, rule application and rule adjunction.
In
this respect, local government is a sub unit of system in Nigeria political
structure and for local government to be able to mobilize the people to
contribute meanfully in solving the problem of rural populace, it is therefore
imperative for the both Federal and State government to work hand in hand with
local government. The federal and state government will be means affect the
performance of local government negatively in the process of rural development
budgeting which form the basic principles of this approach.
1.6 Significance Of The Study
The study is significance because it
will help to find solution to the problem of local government in rural
development. The rural dwellers who are interested in the development of their
communities will find the research work useful.
The finding will also serve as a
reference material for future research scholars in the field of administration.
This study will also serve as a guide to
administrator/practitioners.
1.7 Scope Of The Study
The role of local government in rural
development, a study of Dunukofia local government area of Anambra state.
1.8 Limitations Of The Study
During this research work, a number of
problems were encountered. These includes:
FINANCE:
In view that the researcher is a student, the amount of money used in
carrying out the work is enormous, the
researcher managed the available finance properly.
TIME FACTOR:
The amount of time needed to carry-out a wider researcher work was limited
therefore making the researcher to manage the available properly.
TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM:
Moving to search for materials and to distribute and retrieve questionnaires
was a big problem to the researcher, due to vastness of the area of study,
therefore the researcher has to curb the movement by applying some techniques
(using one stone to kill many birds).
1.9 Definition Of Terms
DEVELOPMENT:
This is level of physical environment, social political and economic growth or
civilization of the people.
RURAL:
This connect the interior or remote part of the local government which the
central government wants to develop by creating local government.
GOVERNMENT:
This is the agency of the ruling class which is charged with the responsibility
of exercising the state power on behalf of the people.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT:
This is a social process by which any group of people or a society mobilizes
and utilizes all resources, human and material available to it for the purpose
of transforming its social physical environment for the better, and improving
the quality of life of its members through increase production of their needs
and equitable distribution of such needs.
AUTONOMY:
This is the right or state of self government or possession of power to governs
oneself.
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