Constitutional Challenges of Creating New Local Government Areas in Nigeria
Local government is purposely established by law to provide grassroots development. In federal states, it is usually created by law of the federating units, and in unitary states it is created by central government. However, since the entrenchment of local government as a third-tier level of governm...
Main Author: | Jude Okafor |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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UTS ePRESS
2012-08-01
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Series: | Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance |
Online Access: | https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/cjlg/article/view/2692 |
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