Specifically, the chronic underdevelopment of the local government system, a tier that should be the nerve centre of citizen reality but has instead been reduced to a ceremonial appendage.

VC Wants Autonomy for Tertiary Institutions   The vice chancellor of the Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Effurun, Prof. (Engr.) Akpofure Rim-Ruroh, has urged the federal government to implement the autonomy act 2004 and grant independence to the country’s tertiary institutions. He made the call at the...

Local Government Autonomy And The Abuse Of Representative Democracy In Nigeria By Lauratu Umar Abdulsalam.     In a democracy, it is common knowledge that power belongs to the people and not just the people in power. The implication of this is that the citizenry, through their elected...