Introduction Nigeria is Africa’s leading producer of oil and the seventh largest producer of crude oil in the world‚ and equally endowed with other numerous natural resources. But rather than utilizing its resources for maximum development‚ the country is unfortunately bedevilled with how to efficiently and effectively distribute oil revenues in an equitable manner. The revenue allocation phenomenon in Nigeria is basically the issue of distribution of national (resources) revenue‚ mobilized by the
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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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INTRODUCTION Local government areas are suppose to be the engines of national development. A quite rural community grows into a busting city‚ and the local leaders makes this possible. In an ideal and well developed nations of the world‚ when people are tired of living in the cities they retire or relocate to rural communities where life is less strenuous. However‚ the opposite is the case in Nigeria; living in a rural community is difficult because nothing works as it should. People are subjected
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Local Government has no Role to Play in Tourist Development The local Government is one of the keys to tourism development‚ a complete contradiction to that of the essay statement‚ which I believe really has no ground to stand on. In this essay I will illustrate this point by showing the roles with which local government plays within the community‚ and the importance it has to creating a successfully developed tourism product that maximises the benefits for not only the residences of the community
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past‚ present and future legislation including policies and procedures which have protected children and families and also safeguarding incidents that have changed our practice. The assignment will discuss safeguarding across the board from settings‚ local and national policies and procedures‚ what they are and how they impact on staff and the setting. Some of the policies and procedures that will be discussed are safeguarding‚ whistle blowing‚ and the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB). While some of
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Top-up Degrees (Entry to year 3 – UK Universities) Acceptance to a university programme is at the discretion of the individual university Top-up degrees are of one year duration‚ entering onto the final year of the full time undergraduate BA / BSc Honours degrees. Students who have an HND (Higher National Diploma) may progress onto the final year of a degree programme‚ subject to unit grade performance at HND‚ and English language capability (usually IELTS 6.0) The following universities
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Local Revenue Sharing and Competitive Balance Problem Statement Your textbook shows the conditions that lead to increased competitive balance with an increase in local revenue sharing. Data exist on competitive balance and local revenue sharing so you can examine this for yourself. New local revenue sharing plans were put in place in MLB for the 1995 season and another increase in revenue sharing was in place for the 2001 season. These changes create a "natural experiment" for analyzing the
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1 LOCAL GOVERNMENT’S FINANCIAL CHALLENGES A fresh look at local government’s deliver obligations and resource requirements is needed. HILDEGARDE FAST makes the case for a differentiated approach. It is common knowledge that many municipalities in South Africa are financially in dire straits. In the public discourse‚ the focus is often on operational issues such as poor revenue collection‚ unsustainable debt burdens‚ and lack of financial management capacity. In seeking to understand the financial
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Project Proposal Local Government in the Russian Federation Author: Viktoria Faculty of Public Administration Research supervisor: O.Kalugina Moscow 2012 Intoduction. Abstract. The “new history” of local government in Russia dates back to the beginning of the 1990s
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proposed program and is presented into two parts‚ namely: Part I – National Government Budget‚ and Part II - Budgets of the three (3) Energy Corporations. | The FY 2008 Budget Program | The total proposed expenditure program for FY 2008 amounts to P1.227 Trillion‚ computed on an obligation basis‚ as presented in Table I below and in Annex A. | Table I Summary of Appropriations and Obligations of the National Government‚ FY 2006-2008 (In thousand pesos) | | PARTICULARS | 2006 (Actual) |
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