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ABSTRACT
This research work is on effect of corruption on local government administration in Nigeria: A study of Ovia South West Local Government Area. Corruption is the act of diverting public goods resources and interest for personal or private benefit/gain. The study became very essential in order to determine the effect of corruption in Ovia South West local government council, also to device means of curbing the menace of corruption in the local government system. Three hypothesis were formulated and tested for the study. The researcher used Structural Functionalism and Hierarchy of Needs Theory to analyze the work. The study is quantitative survey research, and the main instrument for data collection was questionnaire. The research among other things has established that corruption undermined the administrative efficiency of our local government system; Ovia South West local government has also made effort to control and/or eliminate corruption in its council areas. It is also established that economic dislocation, diversion of government revenue to private pockets, payment of salaries to ghost workers, greediness, falsification of receipts, nepotism, patronage system, extortion, bribery etc are corrupt practices which has bedevilled the activities of local government. It is also established in the study that the state of poverty among the local government staff increases the rate of corruption in the system. Meanwhile, the study’s position is that Ovia South West local government should devise various means to improve the living standard of its inhabitants in order to reduce level of poverty within its council in terms of health care services, education, water, electricity and good road network etc. The researcher therefore recommended that in order to control and/or eliminate corruption in the local government system, there should be public lectures on effect of corruption in local government through workshops, seminars, etc in the council area. That there should be strict monitoring of local government project, taking into cognizance the cost value, materials and human resources to avoid fraudulent act. That official position in the local government should not be given out as compensation to party loyalist by political godfathers. The recruitment exercise into the local government should be on transparent procedures. Local government should improve their workers by ensuring adequate remuneration and training. The local government senior staff category should be made of competent men with unquestionable character. This will go a long way in enhancing the administrative efficiency and serve as panacea to curb corruption in local government system in Nigeria.
