INFLUENCE OF INTER-GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF NASSARAWA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KANO STATE FROM 2015-2022.

This study examine the influence of intergovernmental relationship on local government administration in Nigeria. This study was aimed at assess the impact of intergovernmental relations on local government administration in Nigeria with a particular reference Nassarawa local government area of Kano state.Survey research method was adopted and the data used in this study was collected from both primary and secondary sources. The primary method/source is the use of a research instruments; the questionnaire. The population of the study was Nassarawa local government area of Kano state. Randomly, a total number of 384 samples were taken from the population. Out of the 100 sampled respondents that were selected, 78 were returned and used for analysis. The data collected were analyzed, using simple tables and percentagesfor the data analyze.The findings of the study revealed that there is significant relationship between Inter-Governmental Relationship and local Government administration in Nigeria. Also the study revealed that till date, local governments have been subjected to all sorts of control by other tiers of government namely, Federal and State governments, following the 1976 local government reforms, it was believe that the situation reforms, it was believe that the situation would improve, but instead, the status quo still remained.The limitation of the study is the encountered faced in conducting this study was the problem in gathering all relevant documents for this study specifically the primary data. The study recommends that for cordial relationship between local and other tiers of status of local government must be clearly spelt out, the issue of joint state-local government should be allowed to function as government with minimal control from the state, election rather than appointment should be the means of choosing leaders at the local level, judiciary should be made to be independent and the undue interference on the local government by the state or federal government has to be properly addressed. Also lastly, there should be direct disbursement of federation allocation to local government account.