Pattern of implementation of Emergency Obstetric Life-Saving Skills in public health facilities in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria

Ugwu, Scholastica N.; Adewusi, Oluwafemi J.

doi:10.1080/01443615.2021.1999910

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“…With the 1999 constitution as in the Second Republic, Nigeria operates a presidential system of government in which power is divided and shared among the three arms of government (Ugwu, 2001).In the local government they include:…”

Section: The Local Government Structure Under the New Dispensationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Local government bureaucrats represents the employees of government. This refers to the set of people responsible for the functioning of the local government through the implementation of policies (Ugwu 2001) In the same vein, the Elected political office holders include the Chairman of the Council, the councilors. However there are those in the local government who are political office holders but are not elected but appointed by the Chairman who is the chief executive (Chukwuemeka and Iloanya 2023).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Local Government Elected Officers and Career Officers Dichotomy in Nigeria: How to Resolve the Imbroglio

Chukwuemeka,

Chinwe,

Ebere

et al. 2023

NGJSD

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The local government system in Nigeria has the mandate to perform major functions which the higher tiers of government may not perform. To ensure that the development goals of the local government is achieved, it requires efficient manpower. The local government manpower includes the career civil servants and political office holders. How the two work in harmony has become a herculean task. Therefore the paper critically examined the roles of the career civil servants and politicians, and how the two can work to achieve the goals of the local government. The paper adopted documentaryresearch methodology, and content analysis technique was used. Team work was emphasized as a veritable tool to be used to foster grassroots development. Dichotomy between political office holders and local government career officers was critically interrogated. It is the position of the paper that politics and administration cannot be separated. Ultimately the paper is of the view that local government officers should eschew politics and mind their statutory duty of providing administrative services and guiding the political office holders on the nitty-gritty of local government administration and policy formulation. Therefore the two should work as partners in progress.

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Section: The Local Government Structure Under the New Dispensationmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Local Government Elected Officers and Career Officers Dichotomy in Nigeria: How to Resolve the Imbroglio

Chukwuemeka,

Chinwe,

Ebere

et al. 2023

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“…All political systems seek to attain efficient and effective service delivery as it affects day-to-day activities of people. Local government articulate and facilitate the needs of the rural dwellers through the application of needed human resources for the purpose of efficient and effective service in the localities (Ugwu, 2000). They are mandated constitutionally in Nigeria to provide social and other basic services to the people and ensure participation of citizens in governance (Nzekwe & Izueke, 2012).…”

Section: Local Governmentmentioning

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Citizens participation and local government responsiveness in Enugu State, Nigeria (2008-2015)

Nnamani,

Odeh,

Eze

2023

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Citizen participation entails transparency, accountability, inclusiveness, efficiency and effectiveness to enhance trust in governance through consultative and joint decision-making process in line with the wellbeing of citizens’. The paper portends that if citizens are allowed to partake in decision making, the system will respond satisfactorily to the collective preferences of its populace. Nigeria local governments are shrouded in secrecy without citizens’ involvement in government activities. The drivers of local authorities carryout their functions without any sense of loyalty, responsiveness, and accountability to people at the grassroots but to governors and godfathers in Nigeria with particular reference to Enugu state. Secondary source of data were consulted and content analysis were employed to determine the relevance of the materials, theories were used to explain the relationship of the variables. The paper recommends that Nigeria local government need a well democratic structure of local authorities to enhance citizen participation in governmental activities. There need to be some legal mechanism in place for elected officials to involve citizens in planning, execution, and evaluation of programmes and projects in their area. This will serve as a fertile ground for community leaders and traditional rulers to contribute their own quota for national development at the grassroots.

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“…This statement has shown that local governments in Nigeria are mere stooge of state governments by adopting every measure to stop council from having elected leaders from the people instead of care-taker committees appointed by state (Davey, 1991). According to Ugwu (2001), the constitutional power to establish local government structure, composition and functions belongs to state level. There have been demands from public to free local councils from the armpit of state governments and grant them full autonomy.…”

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The overbearing role of state over local government and provisions of 1999 constitution: Where is local level autonomy in Nigeria?

Egwuagu,

Nnamani,

Okolie

2024

JPDS

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The provision of section 7 of 1999 Constitution by apex court judgment and extra-judicial pronouncements put local governments under the apron of state government. This control has been in the front burner of discourse in Nigerian politics since 1999 till date especially grassroots governance. The paper examines state-local relations from legal and operational view- points, illustrates how state government set aside the intent of 1999 Constitution that institute local government system properly organized, monitored supervised by state level. The paper adopted developmental theory as its framework as propounded by Lele, Zamani, Ola & Adamolekun. The data were collected through primary and secondary source; relevant data were analyzed supplemented with in- depth interview subjected to descriptive and infernal statistical analysis. Pearson Product Movement Correlation was used to analyze dependent and independent variables while t-test was employed to test the hypotheses. The paper found out that local level has failed because state government refuse has failed to perform their responsibilities in line with the tenets of the 1999 Constitution and other extant laws. There is need for an efficient and effective local government system on the premise of federal decentralized system. It has been noted that the existing legal framework require adjustment by granting local level, state assembly and state judiciary autonomy to checkmate the excess of state level. In accomplishing this will improve the interaction, cooperation and relation for a virile local government system in Nigeria.

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Pattern of implementation of Emergency Obstetric Life-Saving Skills in public health facilities in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria

Cited by 5 publications

References 26 publications

Local Government Elected Officers and Career Officers Dichotomy in Nigeria: How to Resolve the Imbroglio

Local Government Elected Officers and Career Officers Dichotomy in Nigeria: How to Resolve the Imbroglio

Citizens participation and local government responsiveness in Enugu State, Nigeria (2008-2015)

The overbearing role of state over local government and provisions of 1999 constitution: Where is local level autonomy in Nigeria?

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