The Federal Government has admitted that the financial restrictions faced by the 774 Local Government Councils in the country is responsible for their stunted growth.
The Minister of Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Zephaniah Jisalo, made the admittance, on Tuesday, at a 2-day workshop, with the theme: “Local Government Administration in Nigeria: Reviewing the Trajectories, Trends and Projections in Today’s Economic and Political Realities,” organised by the National Association of Chairmen of Local Government Service Commissions.
The Minister was represented at the event by the Director, Inter-governmental Affairs of the ministry, Patience Ehujo.
