Brief Historical Background of Local government System in Nigeria Regardless of nomenclature‚ local government is a creation of British colonial rule in Nigeria. It has overtime experienced change in name‚ structure and composition. Between 1930s and 1940s‚ for instance‚ local government was known as chief-in-council and chief-and-council‚ where traditional rulers were given pride of place in the scheme of things. In the 1950s‚ election was introduced according to the British model in the western
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTONOMY IN NIGERIA; A NEED FOR CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM "The basic irony between the U.S system and ours is that; while the various forms of local government are working wonders even when they are not mentioned anywhere in the U.S constitution; complaints over the failings of the Local Governments abound here even when they are entrenched in and catered for by
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Changes in local government recently have occurred in 2009 much of England has the two tier system of local government the changes that were proposed where to change multiple counties from the two tier system to a unitary status of the proposed areas the shortlist made was Cornwall‚ Durham‚ Northumberland‚ Shropshire‚ Wiltshire and later Cheshire. However after these changes where implemented the central government implemented the Local Government Act 2010 halted and stopped and current or future
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Managing Human Resources: Personnel Administration in Local Government In this article‚ the author Ronald D. Sylvia speaks on the management of human resources and its difficulty in the preservation‚ and integrity in personnel administration on the local government level. In reading the article the author gives us a brief history of how the hiring process in the local government became so corrupt. Due to several legal and social constraints faced by public managers in the public sector of the
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Role of local government in housing i. Examination of the housing conditions of the area‚ estimation of demand including the requirement of special groups such as the aged‚ physically handicapped and the homeless ii. Assessment of the housing supply including the physical condition of the existing dwelling and the size and scope of the building and acquisition program of all the agencies involved iii. Research to assess housing need to ensure that all available resources are used to the
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Empowering Local Government The PDP pledges to empower the local government to give it more administrative powers‚ whereby‚ it will be given maximum autonomy to take decisions‚ to prioritize developmental activities‚ and even change developmental activities based on the need and urgency. It would receive more financial powers‚ as PDP believes local government bodies have limited financial power‚ in terms of available funds or the discretion to use it. Within the first week of forming the government
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Internal Controls for Local Government A Training Presentation for City of Tampa’s Leaders Training Objectives What you should know after this class: • • • • • Types of risk Who commits fraud and why Internal controls - who needs them 5 internal control components What you can do! 2 What are Internal Controls? To put it simply‚ internal controls are an exercise of common sense. You are practicing good internal controls when you? • Balance your checkbook • Keep your ATM/debit card
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PART IX - SPICE AND SALT 106. Prohibition to sell sub-standard spice (1) No person shall import‚ process‚ store‚ expose for sale or sell any spice which does not comply with the standard specified in paragraph (2). (2) (a) Spice shall be the sound leaves‚ flowers‚ buds‚ fruits‚ seeds‚ barks or rhizomes of plants that are suitable for use as condiments for imparting any flavour or aroma to food; (b) Aniseed shall be the dried‚ ripe fruit of the plant
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ANALYSIS OF KENYA’S GOVERNMENT REVENUE From the analysis Taxes seem to be the major source of revenue to the government since in the year 2006/7 it accounted for 93.16% of the total revenue‚ in the year 2007/8 it accounted for 94.91% of total revenue and in the year 2008/9 it amounted 94.71%. This is a good sign since the tax revenue/total government revenue is ideally required to be above 50%. The following classes of taxes were the major sources of revenue for the government: • Taxes on income
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Government spending and revenues in China and America International accounting four 0092962 Chen Yuting Public finance is a subject about the taxing and spending activities of government. Considering the function of government‚ two opposite views stand out. One is organic view of government. The main idear is that the government can be though of as the society’s heart. Another is mechanisitic view of government. It insists that government is not an organic part of society while it is a contrivance
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