ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AS A STRATEGY FOR RURAL TRANSFORMATION IN ESAN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA EDU STATE
CHAPTER ONE
                                     INTRODUCTION
1.1      Background to the Study
The local government constitutes the most critical level of government in the move for a sustainable national development. Over the years, national development has been canvassed to take off from the grassroots as the local government is widely known as a vital instrument for rural transformation and machinery for effective delivery of socio-economic services to the people (Adeline, 2014; Otoghile and Edigin, 2011). More than 70% of Nigerians reside in the rural areas where there is acute shortage of social infrastructure and economic needs. In the light of this in 1976, the local government nationwide reform was initiated where the local governments were saddled with more functions, responsibilities and finances to correct the anomaly of rural areas challenges. As a tier of government, the local government retains its position as the closest level of government to the people to cater for the development of the local areas (Fajonyomi and Olu-Owolabi, 2013). Also, the local government has the responsibility to provide the local population with basic social and economic amenities as well as form a training ground for democracy and participation. Therefore, the development of rural areas or local governments will automatically transform into the development of the country.
However, the local government is faced with several challenges which have undermined the essence of a level of government which derived its mandate from the constitution in the pursuance of its developmental objective (Eze and Muanya, 2013; Odigbo, 2013; Odigbo and Osuagwu, 1998). These challenges root from what increasingly looks like deliberate efforts to stem the advancement of development from the local government level in the country. It has therefore inhibited the local governments in the performance of their constitutionally assigned roles of shaping development from the grassroots (Idike, 2014). Therefore, the focus of this study will be an assessment of Local Government Administration as a strategy for rural transformation by using Kaltungo LGA, Gombe State, as a case study.

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