Assessment of leadership performance on service delivery in Ilorin East Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the leadership performance on service delivery in Ilorin East local government. The paper adopted behavioural theory championed by Watson. The survey research method. 300 respondents were sampled using purposive and simple random sampling techniques and total numbers of 292 questionnaires were retrieved. The questionnaire was analyzed using the SPSS Version 20. The questionnaires were analyzed using simple percentage. Findings from the study showed that the majority of the respondents (46.2%) disagreed that Ilorin East Local Government is allowed to exercise her discretion and undertake competitive personnel administration and revealed that majority (83.2%) of the respondents agreed that the financial autonomy of Ilorin east local government is being severely intervened in by the state government through the instrumentation of the State Joint Local Government Account. Finding also revealed that the majority of the respondents (61.3%) disagreed that there is no provision for rural water supply and extension of urban water supply by the local government authority and that the majority of the respondents (63%) disagreed that there are standard primary schools in Ilorin east local government. The paper recommended that high degree of autonomy should be enshrined in Nigerian Constitution for Local Governments, there should be attitudinal change among those who operate the institutions of government at both the state and local government levels and the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies should be more proactive to equip Local Government functionaries with requisite training that would ultimately reflect in the formulation and implementation of government policies and programmes in Ilorin East local Government in particular and Nigeria in General.