STATE JOINT LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVISION IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF IGABI AND ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

Abstract

This study assessed the impact of state joint local government account on service delivery in Kaduna State. The study focuses on indicators such as the successful completion of major projects and the role played by local governments in community development. The theoretical foundation of the investigation was efficiency theory. The study used a survey research design. Questionnaire was used as an instrument of data collection. 400 questionnaires were duly completed and returned as valid questionnaires which were used for the analysis. The sampling technique is simple random. The inferential statistics used to test the hypotheses was regression analysis. The study's data analysis showed that the delay in release of funding had an influence on provision of service delivery. The productivity of the LGAs has generally been hampered by delay in release of funding. In light of the study's findings, it is suggested that the state joint local government account system be discontinued. The abrogation is crucial because of the problem it raised concerning how state governments usually starve the local governments of their allocation. The concerns at hand are reduction, diversion, and delay in the local governments' statutory allocations.