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Nigerian Local Government System and Governance: Lessons, Prospects and Challenges for Post-2015 Development Goals

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Developmental Local Governance

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Abstract

Local government in Nigeria, just like the Nigerian State, is a colonial creation. It has undergone many vicissitudes and reforms, the most popular of which has been the 1976 reforms, which to a large extent still inform the operational framework today. Before 1976, it had been a situation of confusion, traditionalism and, in some cases, neglect. The culture of local government thrived more seriously in the north than in the south. In fact, the more the success story of indirect rule in a particular area, the better practice of local government thrived in such areas.

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  1. University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus, Jamaica

    Eris D. Schoburgh (Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean) (Senior Lecturer and Associate Dean)

  2. University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia

    John Martin (Professor Emeritus) (Professor Emeritus)

  3. University of the West Indies (UWI), Jamaica

    Sonia Gatchair (Lecturer) (Lecturer)

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Isa, M.K. (2016). Nigerian Local Government System and Governance: Lessons, Prospects and Challenges for Post-2015 Development Goals. In: Schoburgh, E.D., Martin, J., Gatchair, S. (eds) Developmental Local Governance. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137558367_7

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