A COMMENT ON CENTRAL-LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELATIONS IN NIGERIA

Rethinking Local Government Administration in Nigeria

This paper examines local governm shift in its discussion and findings. The paper as its objectives tackled the concept of local government, evolution of local government administration in Nigeria, the constitution and local government administration in Nigeria and the controversy over local government autonomy in Nigeria. To achieve this, the paper adopted the use of secondary sources and data...

Intergovernmental Relations in Nigeria: An Assessment of Its Practice at the Local Government Level

Perceived Effects of Poor Road Transportation Network on Crop Production in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, North Central Nigeria

This paper examines the effect of the poor road transportation network on crop production in one of the rural agrarian local government of Kwara State, Nigeria. A well-structured interview schedule was conducted to elicit information from 120 crop farmers using a two-stage sampling technique. Findings from the study revealed that the poor road transportation network in their area had led to a r...

Agrobiodiversity Conservation Techniques Adopted By Rural Farmers in Kware Local Government Area Nigeria

The study examined agrobiodiversity conservation techniques adopted by rural farmers in Kware Local Government Area, Nigeria. Multistage sampling procedure was used to arrive at 120 farmers from three selected villages. Forty (40) interview schedule were administered in each of the sampled villages. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse the primary data collected. Results of the findings s...

Economic Analysis of Maize Production in Ogori Magongo Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria

The study assessed economic of maize production in Ogori/Magongo local government area of Kogi State. To this end, effort was made to examine the socio economic characteristics of the maize farmers, determine the resource use efficiency, problems as well as profitability of maize production in the area. To achieve the objectives of this study 48 maize farmers where randomly selected from 5 ward...