Abstract
The paper examined a comparative analysis of local government autonomy and democratic governance in Nigeria and USA. The study adopted secondary source of collecting data. It revealed that there is a remarkably difference between local government autonomy and democratic governance in Nigeria and USA. Local governments in USA are far ahead of their counterpart in Nigeria in the area of financial autonomy and elections. Although, in both cases there are no complete financial autonomy because their greater sources of revenue are derived from the state and central governments, It asserted that Nigeria has a lot to learn or gain from the system of governance of’ Local government in U.S. It therefore recommended that for sustainability of local government autonomy and democratic governance in both countries (USA and Nigeria), fiscal autonomy should be granted so as to enable the local government to have effective service delivery.
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