THE ROLE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to investigate the role of Local Government Administration on Community Development using Egor Local Government area of Edo state, as a case study. The study had four objectives which were to: determine the roles of local Government administration toward community development projects, examine the community development projects initiated, financed, and executed by the local Government in communities, examine the constraints affecting the implementation of development projects in the communities and identify the influences of political parties in the development of Egor local Government area. The descriptive survey was used in the study with the aid of questionnaires. A sample size of 150 respondents were determined with the Taro Yamene formula. Structured question was used as the research instrument to collect primary data from respondents from the survey. Results from the study shows that Majority of the respondents were male (54.0%) while the females were represented by 45.3%, and were between 25 to 35 years old. The findings of the study revealed the role of local government in community development projects, such as reconstruction of roads and bridges in the rural area, supporting rural farmers through agricultural machineries, provision of recreation centers, construction of fish pond and public toilets, and building of hospitals, motor parks, and public library. Also, the study revealed that, for communities to be developed, human resources efforts are mostly needed to achieve development projects in the communities. Generally, it could be seen that Egor local government has not been effective in the development of rural communities. It conclusion reveals that rural development are inadequately carried out in the local government area.