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Urban local government finance in Nigeria: The case of Onitsha local government
Author(s) -
Olowu Dele
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/pad.4230120104
Subject(s) - revenue , local government , government revenue , public finance , per capita , tax revenue , quarter (canadian coin) , business , government (linguistics) , state (computer science) , finance , revenue center , economics , economic growth , public economics , public administration , geography , political science , population , linguistics , philosophy , demography , archaeology , algorithm , sociology , computer science , macroeconomics
Onitsha, located along the route that connects south‐western and south‐eastern Nigeria, has a very financially dynamic local government. Over one‐quarter of the total revenues of this local government come from its market and motor parks. This is an unusual source for a local government that has perhaps the largest per capita revenue in Nigeria—almost N40, compared with the national average of N4.9. The procedure for collecting this revenue is regarded as highly successful since there is greater reliance on the citizens than tax officials. The volume of revenues collected has allowed the council maintain a large surplus revenue over a long period of time, which enables it to carry out important programmes of primary and adult education. It is also beginning to develop its property revenue collection system in collaboration with the Anambra State government.