ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN KADUNA SOUTH AND ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA, 2004-201
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2018-06-15
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Ahmadu Bello University Zaria
Abstract
For decades, there have been a lot of complaints about the performance of local
governments in terms of the quality of service delivery and the level of impacts of such
services to the people at the grassroots level. The problem may be attributed to low level
of autonomy enjoyed by the local governments, over the year or due to political and
administrative control of the Local Government Council by the State Government
through ministry for Local Government as well as Local Government Service
Commission. The concern of the study is, to examine the extent to which Kaduna-south
and Zaria Local Governments provide essential services for the promotion of socio-
economic conditions of the people between the periods of 2004-2015.The study adopted
service delivery theory, which helped in explaining the quality of service delivery in
Kaduna-south and Zaria Local Governments of Kaduna State. Yamane’s formula was
used in the determination of sample size of the study. Multi-stage sampling technique was
adopted in which cluster, purposive and proportional sampling was used. The primary
data for the study were sourced through questionnaire and unstructured interview while
secondary data were gathered from official publications including relevant documents on
socio-economic activities from Information Units, Finance and Supplies, and Works,
Transport, Housing and Survey Departments of the two local governments, federal
monthly allocations covering the periods 2004-2015, relevant Sections (Forth Schedule)
in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Data were presented and
analysed through Tables and the use of Chi-square statistical tools in testing the research
hypotheses. The study revealed that there is no full autonomy in local government of
Kaduna State and the performance of these local governments is very low, although Zaria
Local Government performed better in the provision of local service delivery than that of
Kaduna-south, for the period under study. The study recommended among other things
that, State and local government joint-account should be abolished; local governments
should be given full autonomy so as to be able to improve their performance in the
delivery of quality services to their communities