LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND THE CHALLENGES OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Abstract This paper examined Local Government and the Challenges of Rural Development in Nigeria. The key problem facing most local governments is lack of adequate finance to implement various developmental programs especially at the rural areas. This paper argued that local governments were faced with such challenges like inadequate finance, corruption, poor implementation of projects, lack of competent manpower, high level of illiteracy, lack of due consultation and non-involvement of ...
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