MAIN/SHARED FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS.....
I simply checked online on what the Constitution of Nigeria calls the Primary functions of LGAs in Nigeria.
Going through the Primary functions of LGAs and Shared responsibilities with the State, it is obvious that if States and LGAs are not ready to lift a finger, there's little development we can see as a people.....If States & LGAs don't do them despite getting funds, who will? Unfortunately, the functions are so important to our day to day activities at the grassroots.
So I'll paste them here, no need to analyze them:
(a) Construction and maintenance of roads, streets, street lighting, drains and other public highways, parks, gardens, open spaces, or such other public facilities as may be prescribed by the State House of Assembly.
(b) Collection of rates, radio and television licences.๐๐
(c) Establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds, and homes for the destitute or infirm.
(d) Establishment, maintenance, and regulation of slaughter houses, slaughter slabs, markets, motor parks, and public conveniences.
(e) Licensing of bicycles, trucks (other than mechanically propelled trucks), canoes, wheelbarrows, and carts.
(f) Consideration and making of recommendations to a State commission on economic planning (or similar body) on: The economic development of the State, especially as it affects the LGA's area.
(g) Naming of roads and streets and numbering of houses.
(h) Provision and maintenance of public conveniences, sewage, and refuse disposal.
(i) Registration of all births, deaths, and marriages.
(j) Assessment of privately owned houses or tenements for the purpose of levying such rates as may be prescribed by the State House of Assembly.
(k) Control and regulation of: (i) Outdoor advertising and hoarding.
(ii) Movement and keeping of pets of all descriptions.
(iii) Shops and kiosks.
(iv) Restaurants, bakeries, and other places for the sale of food to the public.
(v) Laundries.
(vi) The licensing, regulation, and control of the sale of liquor.
2. Concurrent/Participatory Functions: areas where LGAs participate with the State government:
(a) The provision and maintenance of primary, adult, and vocational education.
(b) The development of agriculture and natural resources (other than the exploitation of minerals).
(c) The provision and maintenance of health services.
(d) Such other functions as may be conferred on a local government council by the House of Assembly of the State.
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One of the first things that shocked a friend of mine when she was in Botswana as a Pharmacist was the level of road infrastructures in the villages.....
My first experience living in Kubwa Village Abuja was strange because I was hoping to see VILLAGE as if VILLAGE must look very awkward.....๐คฃ๐คฃ
You see, our villages in Nigeria don't need to be called CITY before they have those basic and necessary infrastructures like good roads, water, well equipped Primary Healthcare Centres, standard primary and Secondary Schools.....Let villages remain as Village with solid Infra....Allow LGA funds to do the miracle, then we can talk about intervention to LGAs...
Whoever is holding LGA funds in each State needs to be visited by @officialEFCC
IMPROVEMENT IN THE POWER SECTOR IS FELT, NOT TOLD.
Maybe, just maybeโฆ
Nigeriaโs electricity problem is no longer simply about โmore generation.โ
Yes, there are genuine ongoing projects: OB3, AKK, ELPS expansion, transmission substations, SIEMENS UPGRADES, STATE ELECTRICITY MARKETS etc. Nobody paying attention can honestly say nothing is happening.
But we also need to stop treating โongoingโ like an achievement.
In Nigeria, some projects have been โ95% completeโ since the time of Adam.
A power project cannot be โalmost readyโ for 7โ10 years.
Every major project should have a clear completion date, public milestones and accountability if timelines fail.
A few uncomfortable truths:
1. The privatisation may need revision.
The DisCos likely need a mandatory recapitalisation exercise: something similar to what Soludoโs CBN did with banks. Electricity is too important for operators who cannot sufficiently invest in infrastructure, metering and network upgrades.
2. Regulation has to become enforcement.
NERC and state regulators cannot continue operating mainly through statements and guidelines yet when a citizens reports an issue; it dies off somewhere,somewhere without resolution. Compliance should be proactive, measurable and enforced.
3. We should judge the sector by outcomes, not announcements.
Since 2023, the messaging has largely been the same: improve electricity supply, stabilise the grid and increase delivered power.
Yet reality has been mixed.
2023: Better electricity supply was promised. Some may argue that they are currently worst off in terms of supply experience.
2024: Major focus shifted to grid stability and transmission improvements. Yet grid disturbances still happened repeatedly.
2025: Nigeria recorded generation highs close to 6,000 MW: genuine progress that deserves acknowledgment. But sustained supply still remains far below meagre 5,000 MW.
Now the official ambition is 8,000 MW by 2027.
Possible? Yes.
Achievable? Also yes.
But Nigerians have heard enough projections since NEPA era.
The hard questions remain:
What project will be completed? By when? What exact MW will it add? And how do Nigerians measure success beyond press statements?
Else, propaganda runs amok.
@arojinle1@Sido_wire I heard a story of someone that can not fart and can not poop,he only farts once a week or month, through the help of medication, things we take for granted, nothing beats good health.
@Trendblizz@FolushoxFolarin@politickingjay That's the objectives ,what happened in oyo state is this,when the FG ask for recruitment from each state,oyo state didn't conduct the exercise,that is why FG have to do what they are doing now