Abstract:
The poor state of some rural community is becoming an unpleasant sight in this
present age where development has suddenly become the order of the day even in
the
government of the nation. Several
scholars therefore have ascribed this
unpleasantnes
s to Local Government
s
. Thus, this research
examine
d
the role of
local government council in the development of rural communities.
Literature in this
respect on rural development efforts by Local Government Council was reviewed.
Similarly, development theory of growth by W.W Rostov served as frame of
reference.
For the purpose of this research 185 questionnaire
s were
administer
ed
to
the
respondents
within the community
using simple random
sampling
with the aid of
two research assistants.
The
results were analyzed using statistical package for the
social sciences. The hypothesis tested on
whether there significance relationship
between the roles of the local government on community development in
Warra,
Ngaski local government shows that there
is a significance relationship between the
roles of the local government and community development.
Similarly, the findings of
the research work revealed that Ngaski local government council played
a vital role
in community development in areas of road constructions, agricultural
empowerment and health care service delivery to the people. Furthermore, the
challenges faced by community people in areas of community development efforts
were insufficient fertilizer to the farmers
and also lack of maintenance culture of the
community development projects. Based on the findings of the research, the
following were recommended: that the community dwellers should be less money
conscious and should focus on maintenance of the projects placed on ground,
insurance of t
he collaboration of the community dwellers and local government
council among other recommendations.
