(Department of Accountancy, Faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Baba, I.
This research examined contemporary political issues responsible for poor
local governance in Nigeria. It assessed how these issues alternative solution
to these issues can be achieved. The quantitative research methodology was
adopted in conducting the research. Lack of autonomy which local
government councils in Nigeria are suffering from is discovered as one of the
contemporary political issues responsible for poor local governance in the
country. Independent local government system as this research recommended
is one of the possible alternatives to addressing the problem of poor local
governance in Nigeria.
