Local Government administration and its challenges of rural development in Nigeria

Abstract

Since the creation of local governments as a tier in Nigeria, it has been facing series of critical challenges in the provision of social services and how to sustain them. As a result, the rural communities have continued to remain under-developed allegedly due to poor governance. The objective of this study is to highlight and discuss the roles and functions of local government administration in rural development and its challenges affecting them. In conducting this study, the author primarily relied on primary and secondary sources of information. Lastly, it was suggested that for local government administration to achieve its purpose and objectives, rural infrastructural development such as roads, electricity, water, hospital must be adequately provided to all the rural communities to enable them feel the presence of the government.