Abstract
As a tier of government that is closet to the people, local government ought to become the foundation for democratic practices. Rather for this level of government to exercise independence in power...
Highlights
Local Government (Administration) has been part of the process of government in Nigeria, right through the history of the various regimes that have come to power
Local government is primarily recognized as the branch of government that is closest to the people
Instead for the politicians to play the veritable bastions of democracy at all levels, they became the harbingers of death for the councils
Summary
The context of this body of inquest is rather very restrictive and fundamentally thought provoking. The bottom-line of all these contentions is that democracy is deeply embedded in that type of government that belongs to the people, works for the people and entirely depends on the will of the people In this light, her every action must be a response to the wishes, aspirations and desires of the people. The whole trust, power and authority of the civil mler is vested in him for no other purpose but to be made use of for the good, preservation, and peace of men in that society over which he is set Knowing that this position of trust is revocable, a leader according to Cranston (1981:76) "betrayed his trust when he forsook government according to settled processes of law in favour of inconstant, uncertain, unknown and arbitrary government". From the foregoing, it becomes only expedient to accept that democracy contains the basic ingredients of checks and balances, equity, consistency and egalitarianism in leadership and in followership
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