| Popis: |
Local government is created to ensure meaningful development of the grassroots through participatory approach. Democracy therefore serves as veritable avenue through which the purpose for which local government is created can be achieved. But, unfortunately in Nigeria, democracy has not thrived at the grassroots level due to endemic corruption. Some members of the Nigerian public have expressed their opinion to the effect that our anticorruption crusade in the last twelve years has been deficient in credibility because it appeared to lack the support of the Federal Executive Council who only rarely expressed their support in public. For the purpose of this study we adopt content analysis. This study therefore examines critically the effect of corruption on grassroots democracy and development, and concludes that corruption be deterred and punished in the local government system to enhance democratic participation of citizenry and effective service delivery. |
