Appraising The Financial Control Approaches In Nigeria Local Government System (a Case Study Of Enugu South Local Government Area)

ABSTRACT

In consonance with its transition of civil rule programme by the federal government this year, a lot of changes are being carried ou tin the local government.

First was the election of the local government chairman and councilors on the 12th December 1987, followed by the appointment of sole administrators and replaced by the caretaker committee in 1990.  The current changes include the elected councilors forming he legislature and the secretary appointed supervisory, education etc. as is obtained in the sate government.

These spectacular actions of the federal government has given credence to new directions in the operation of the local government system in Nigeria (Nzelibe, 1990).

It is further to be noted that the federal government from ten percent to twenty five percent, in addition to the ten percent state generated revenue and the internal sources available to them.

With all these funds now available to them and the increase in their responsibilities especially the funding of primary school education, it becomes more important than before that the accounts of the local government should be audited in order to ensure that the money is judiciously used and channeled to the projects meant for them.

In this direction, this research work tries to find out the problem associated with financial control in Enugu south local government so as to proffer solution in order to make the local government more efficient and capable of rendering the services for which it were established.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title page

Approval page

Dedication

Acknowledgement 

Abstract

Table of contents

List of tables

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1Background of the study

1.2Statement of the problem

1.3Purpose of the study

1.4Scope of the study

1.5Research question

1.6Research hypothesis

1.7Significant of the study

1.8Limitation of the study

1.9Definition of the terms

References

CHAPTER TWO

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1Literature review

2.2Objectives of Local Government

2.3Objectives of Local Government Research

2.4Sources of revenue of Local Government

2.5Financial Control of Local Government

2.6Local Government Finance

2.7Area of Involvement of Local Government in Economic 

Development

CHAPTER THREE

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY

3.1Research design

3.2Area of study

3.3Population of the study

3.4Sample and sampling procedure

3.5Instrument of data collection

3.6Validation of the instrument

3.7Reliability of the instrument

3.8Method of data collection

3.9Method of data analysis

CHAPTER FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION ANALYSIS

4.1Presentation and analysis of data

4.2Testing of hypothesis

4.3Summary of results

CHAPTER FIVE

DISCUSSION, RECOMMENDATION AND CONCLUSION

5.1Discussion of results findings

5.2Conclusions

5.3Implications

5.4Recommendations

5.5Suggestions for further research

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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