Regional councils have to find a different way of operating that cuts down on double ups and layers of bureaucracy.

SIR: The landmark judgment of the Supreme Court on local government autonomy creates a side-line solution to a constitutional crisis on the structure of Nigeria’s federalism. Whereas the judgment ...

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, Dr AbdulFatai Buhari, has declared that Joint Accounts Committee and lack of ...

Local Government structure which is the third-tie administrative organ of the federal system in the Nigerian socio-political sector is as old as the nation itself. Coming from the days of British ...

Mayors of city and district councils would take over the duties of regional councils, in a coalition proposal pitched as the ...

Local government is the frontline of service delivery in South Africa. It is where citizens experience the state most ...

In theory, local governments (LGs) in Nigeria should be the most impactful tier of governance-closest to the people and most responsive to their needs. Constitutionally empowered to deliver services ...

Accra, Sept 3, GNA – Professor Kwamena Ahwoi, a Local Governance Expert, says all capacity-building initiatives in Ghana’s local government system must place ethics and ethical conduct at the core of ...

The UK digital ID plan continues to take shape piecemeal, with a new layer of government services and a partial explanation ...

An ordinance seeking to strengthen the public safety and border security system of the local government through the use ...