Browsing by Author "Abdulkadir, Ibrahim"

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    COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
    (Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2019-08-12) Hussaini, Hassan Tukur; Abdulkadir, Ibrahim
    This paper examines the nature of community participation in rural development at the grassroots in Nigeria which is essentially the role of rural dwellers in the up-liftmen of their living conditions. Local government being the third tier of government is examined within the context of its constitutional roles and resources at its disposal to facilitate the much desired task of grassroots participation in rural development. The study employs the use of Content Analysis as a methodology and Participatory Theory is used as a theoretical framework of the study. The data for the study was generated from secondary sources. The paper reveals that top bottom approach, political deprivation, lack of enlightenment and awareness campaign and lack of proper educational empowerment constitutes the major challenges of community participation in rural development. It was concluded that the goals of the participation in rural development are not with that of government development plans. The paper recommended that, the local government should improve in the enlightenment and awareness campaign which can serve as a way of motivating communities to participate in rural development.
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    MANAGEMENT OF STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT JOINT ACCOUNT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE DELIVERY IN GOMBE STATE (2013-2018)
    (Department of Public Administration, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2019-11-19) Abdulkadir, Ibrahim; Hussaini, Hassan Tukur
    It was difficult for the Federal government to administer successfully all the functions of government through the central organ of the state. It is on this account that local government were created to meet the aspirations of the local populace, and be given constitutional recognition as a third tier organ of government in the 1976 local government reform and 1999 Constitution as amended. It is fell that local government had a pivotal role to play in improving the general standards of local dwellers through the provision of essential seiwices such as the provision ofportable water, electricity, construction of local access roads, bridges and culverts, primary health care services, primary education, etc. However, this has been mitigated through improper management of statutory account called Slate Local Government Joint Account. This study examines the effect of management ofstate local government joint account on local government service delivery in Gombe State. Various literatures were reviewed and the Theory of Fiscal Federalism was also adopted as a theoretical framework in order to explain the financial relationship between the state and local governments and how this relation affects local government service delivery. The study adopts Documentaiy Method where the data for the study was generated through secondary sources. The study reveals that the management of state local government joint account has negatively affected local government sei'vice delivery due to the high level of unnecessary deductions. Consequently the local governments were unable to discharge their constitutional roles in touching the lives of the people. The study concludes that the Management of State Local Government Joint Account has adversely affected the local government service delivery in Nigeria and more specifically Gombe State in particular. Finally, the study recommends for the abolition of the State Local Government Joint Account as it places the local governments at a disadvantage position.