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Title: | Local Government Reform in Western Nigeria: A Preliminary Assessment |
Author: | Fadahunsi, O. |
Year: | 1978 |
Periodical: | African Administrative Studies |
Issue: | 19 |
Period: | July |
Pages: | 37-42 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Nigeria |
Subjects: | local government administrative reform Politics and Government |
Abstract: | Following the riots in Western Nigeria in 1968, the government set up a commission of inquiry to determine the causes and to make recommendations to avert future disturbances. The task of the commission was to review existing local government structure. The result of the debate over the reorganization of the Western Nigerian local government system was a compromised proposal to set up twenty-five councils. However, the need to balance local demands with the desire of government officials for larger units led to the setting up of thirty-nine councils. The three tier system of local government was abolished and the council-manager system roughly patterned along the North American model was introduced. The new system took into account local conditions in Western Nigeria. Sections: The need for a local government reform - The council-manager system in Western Nigeria - The council-manager system in the USA - An appraisal of the council-manager system in Western Nigeria. Notes. (Traduction française, p. 105-111). |