Revenue Allocation and Local Government Development in Nigeria (a Case Study of Aguata Local Government Area)

Student: Cecilia Joy Mathia (Project, 2025)
Department of Public Administration
Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe existence of Government primarily to provide services that will make life worth living. Furthermore, local governments as third tier government are created to bring government closer to the people at the grassroots and for transformation of lives at the rural level. The purpose of this paper is to examine revenue allocation and local government development in Nigeria using Aguata Local Government as a case study and to probe issues with revenue allocation among tiers of government with focus on the third tier of Government. This study employed both primary and secondary method of data collection. The following were some of the findings which included the following; there is a significant relationship between revenue generated and developmental effort of government, poor development of the areas, lack of basic social amenities to the rural people and lack of revenue to maintain the existing infrastructures. The researcher therefore recommended that the local government should provide basic amenities of high quality. By doing so, the people’s interest would be geared towards giving their maximum support to the local government which would lead to the development of the rural area.

Keywords
local government revenue allocation development nigeria aguata
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