1 LL.B (Hons), B.L, B.A, LL.M, Ph.D, Lecturer, Department of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, University of Abuja, Nigeria. Email:
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[email protected], +2348149920799, +2348183497993 2 O. O. Adeyemi, 'Local Government Administration in Nigeria: A Historical Perspective' (2019) 9(2) Journal of Public Administration and Governance 161-179. 3 Ibid. 4 Ibid5 Ibid 6 J.O. Fatile, B. Fajonyomi, and A. Adekanbi, 'Local Government Administration in Nigeria' (Lagos State University 2011) 24. 7 Federal Government of Nigeria, Guidelines for Local Government Reform (1976). 8 O.O. Oluwatobi, 'Local Government Administration in Nigeria: A Historical Perspective' (2019) 9(2) Journal of Public Administration and Governance 161-179 9 Ibid. 10 Ibid 11 Ibid 12 O O Adeyemi, 'Local Government Administration in Nigeria: A Historical Perspective' (2019) 9(2) Journal of Public Administration and Governance 161 13 S. G. Ogbodo and U. E. Okolocha, ‘Comparative Constitutional Analyses of Nigeria’s Local Government System’ (2020) 2(1) International Journal of Law and Policy Review https://docs.manupatra.in/newsline/articles/Upload/D24C2165-4C1B-4401-9B7A-A19945539539.1- a__international%20law.pdf accessed 13 September 2025. 14 J O Fatile, B Fajonyomi and A Adekanbi, 'Local Government Administration in Nigeria' (Lagos State University 2011).15 O O Oluwatobi, 'Decentralization and Local Government Performance in Nigeria' (2019) 10(1) International Journal of Public Administration 45. 16 Ibid 47 17 H. J. Frederickson and K. B. Smith, The Public Administration Theory Primer (3rd edn, Routledge 2020) 23 18 Ibid 30 19 E. Cheema and D. Rondinelli, Decentralization and Development: Policy Implementation in Developing Countries (SAGE 2007) 12 20 Ibid 15 21 Adeyemi (n 1) 165. 22 W. R. Scott, Institutions and Organizations (4th edn, Sage 2014) 56 23 Fatile et al (n 3) 28 24 Oluwatobi (n 4) 4925 Adeyemi (n 1) 170 26 O O Adeyemi, 'Local Government Administration in Nigeria: A Historical Perspective' (2019) 9(2) Journal of Public Administration and Governance 161 27 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (1999, as amended) s 7 28 Ibid, Third Schedule. 29 Ibid, s 162(6). 30 J O Fatile, B Fajonyomi and A Adekanbi, 'Local Government Administration in Nigeria' (Lagos State University 2011) 45 31 Federal Government of Nigeria, Guidelines for Local Government Reform (1976) 32 Fiscal Responsibility Act 2007 (Nigeria); Federal Ministry of Finance Guidelines, 201833 Lagos State Local Government Law 2015; Ogun State Local Government Law 2018 34 Adeyemi (n 1) 168 35 Attorney-General of Lagos State v Attorney-General of the Federation [1982] 3 NCLR 55 36 Ogun State v Hon. 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Okolocha, ‘Native Authorities, Law and the Establishment of Modern Local Government System’ (2015) 3(1) Akungba Law Journal (Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba). https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=Xpf0y7kAAAAJ&citation_for_view=Xp f0y7kAAAAJ:9yKSN-GCB0IC 54 Adeyemi (n 1) 175. 55 E Cheema and D Rondinelli, Decentralization and Development: Policy Implementation in Developing Countries (SAGE 2007) 12. 56 Ibid 15 57 Fatile JO, Fajonyomi B and Adekanbi A, 'Local Government Administration in Nigeria' (Lagos State University 2011) 28 58 Wilson (n 13) 92 59 Ibid 95 60 Adeyemi (n 1) 176 61 Ibid 16862 Fatile et al (n 17) 29 63 Sharma (n 4) 116. 64 Mhone (n 9) 47. 65 O O Adeyemi, 'Local Government Administration in Nigeria: A Historical Perspective' (2019) 9(2) Journal of Public Administration and Governance 161 66 J O Fatile, B Fajonyomi and A Adekanbi, 'Local Government Administration in Nigeria' (Lagos State University 2011) 45 67 O O Adeyemi (n 71) 168 68 Ibid 170 69 Fatile et al (n 72) 28 70 D Mhone, 'Local Government in South Africa: An Overview' (2015) 12 African Journal of Public Administration 44. 71 Ibid 46 72 O O Oluwatobi, 'Decentralization and Local Government Performance in Nigeria' (2019) 10(1) International Journal of Public Administration 45. 73 Adeyemi (n 71) 17274 B Sharma, 'Decentralization and Local Governance in India' (2018) 5 International Journal of Public Administration 112 75 Mhone (n 76) 47 76 Adeyemi (n 71) 175 77 Sharma (n 10) 115 78 Fatile et al (n 72) 30 79 D Wilson, Local Government in the United Kingdom (Routledge 2017) 92 80 Ibid 95.
