THE IMPACT OF REVENUE GENERATION ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU NORTH LGA OF ENUGU STATE)
ABSTRACT
Revenue generation is the nucleus and the path to modern development. Thus, the study was to assess the effect of revenue generation in local government administration in Nigeria, a case study of Enugu north Local Government Areas, Enugu state This is because local government as the third tier of government and the closest to the people especially in the rural areas needed revenue to provide basic social amenities to the people. But it is unfortunate to note that the local government management has not lived up to expectation especially to provide basic social amenities to the rural people. Thus, the objective of the research was to analyse the extent to which poor revenue generation had affected the development of those areas. The researcher used primary and secondary methods of data collection to generate the needed data. The data obtained through questionnaire was presented in tables and expressed in simple percentages. The following were some of the findings which included poor local government administration of the areas, lack of basic social amenities to the rural people and lack of revenue to maintain the existing infrastructures. The researcher therefore recommended that the local government should provide basic amenities of high quality. By doing so, the people’s interest would be geared towards giving their maximum support to the local government which would lead to the development of the rural area.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Cover page
Approval page i
Dedication ii
Acknowledgment iii
Table of content iv
Abstract vii
Chapter One
1.1 background of the study 1
1.2 statement of the problem 2
1.3 purpose/objective of the study 3
1.4 research questions 4
1.5 significance of the study 4
1.6 scope and delimitation 5
1.7 limitation of the study 5
1.8 definition of terms 6
Chapter Two
Literature Review
2.0 development of local government In Nigeria 11
2.1 sources of review generation in local government 15
2.2 The need for revenue generation in the development of local government areas. 21
2.3 The problems of revenue generation 24
2.4 The implication of revenue generation on the development of local government areas 27
2.5 tax as a major source of revenue 35
2.6 The purpose of tax 37
2.7 problems associated with tax collection in Enugu north Local Government Areas 39
Chapter Three
3.0 research methodology 45
3.1 research design 45
3.2 area of study 46
3.3 population of the study 46
3.4 sample size and sampling techniques 46
3.5 instrument for data collection 48
3.6 sources of data collection 49
3.7 validation of instrument 49
3.8 method of data analysis 50
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