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Title: | Urban Local Government Finance in Nigeria: The Case of Lagos Municipal Area |
Author: | Olowu, Dele |
Year: | 1992 |
Periodical: | Public Administration and Development |
Volume: | 12 |
Issue: | 1 |
Period: | February |
Pages: | 19-38 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | local government reform municipal government local finance Development and Technology Economics and Trade Politics and Government Urbanization and Migration |
External link: | https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.4230120103 |
Abstract: | One of the most important results of the global reform of local governments in Nigeria in 1976 was to initiate a progressive increase in the amount of monetary transfers to local governments (LGs) by federal and State goverments (especially the former). The proportion of federally collected revenues devoted to LGs increased rapidly from less than 2 percent in 1976 to 15 percent in 1990. This has enabled Nigerian LGs to play a more visible role in total public expenditures. On the other hand, huge federal transfers have led to sharp declines in absolute and relative terms in locally generated revenues. The two Lagos municipalities (Lagos Mainland and Lagos Island) are able to generate up to 50 percent of their total revenues. In contrast, the average for all local governments in the country is 4-5 percent. The relatively large internal revenue sources in the two Lagos municipalities results in generous surpluses, which they are able to channel into capital development or special project expenditures. The single most important internal revenue source is the property tax, which is not even collected in some other large cities, such as Kano, Ogbomosho and Sokoto. Bibliogr., notes, sum. |