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In recent times, there have been lots of debates on whether or not local governments – the third tier of government in Nigeria - should be abolished.
Some hold the opinion that the local governments have not been effective and should be scrapped, while others insist that local governments, which are closer to people at the grassroots, should rather be restructured and strengthened. The number of local governments in the country increased from 299 in 1976 to 774 in 1999 with the same structure and similar revenue sources.
Under the 1999 Constitution, some of the functions of the local governments are: “Collection of rates, and radio and television licences; establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds and homes for the destitute or infirm; licensing of bicycles, trucks, canoes, wheel barrows and carts; establishment, maintenance and regulation of markets, motor parks and public conveniences; and construction and maintenance of roads, streets, drains and other public highways, parks, open spaces, or such public facilities as may be prescribed from time to time by the House of Assembly of a state;
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Source: Tribune
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Some hold the opinion that the local governments have not been effective and should be scrapped, while others insist that local governments, which are closer to people at the grassroots, should rather be restructured and strengthened. The number of local governments in the country increased from 299 in 1976 to 774 in 1999 with the same structure and similar revenue sources.
Under the 1999 Constitution, some of the functions of the local governments are: “Collection of rates, and radio and television licences; establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds and homes for the destitute or infirm; licensing of bicycles, trucks, canoes, wheel barrows and carts; establishment, maintenance and regulation of markets, motor parks and public conveniences; and construction and maintenance of roads, streets, drains and other public highways, parks, open spaces, or such public facilities as may be prescribed from time to time by the House of Assembly of a state;
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Source: Tribune
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