CORRUPTION AND ITS EFFECTS ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF IDAH LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Abstract
This study is about the effects of corruption in Local Government administration and to identify and recommend solutions to the problems. Data were collected through primary and secondary sources and the data were analyzed and interpreted using descriptive statistics, namely tables and percentages. The findings show that corruption in the Local Government administration is caused by bad leadership, flamboyant life style and poverty amongst others, corruption affect the growth of the local government and that the local government did not sanction any corrupt officers adequately and this leads to high rate of corrupt practices in the local government. This research work also recommends the various law already on the text books to fight corruption in Nigeria local government including those crafted by the federal/state government, also the monitoring team should be setup to evaluate government projects in the Local Government. Hence, institutional checks and balances among others are seen as some of the ways to tackle corruption in Nigeria Local Government administration. The basic position of this research is that, the fight against corruption in Local Government leads to accountability, transparency, equity and justice
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