TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PAGE i
CERTIFICATION ii
DEDICATION iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
ABSTRACT v
TABLE OF CONTENT vi
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 3
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 3-4
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS .4
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS· ,, 4-5
1.6 SCOPE OF THE SUDY 6
1.7 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY 6
1.8 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY 7
1.9 DEFINITION OF TERMS 7-8
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 9-10
2.1 INTRODUCTION 9
2.2 CONCEPT OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT 10-11
2.3 THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE 11-13
2.3.1 FUNCTIONS OF THE LOCAL GOVT STRUCTURE 13-15
2.4 LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE 15
2.4.1 SOURCES OF LOCAL GOVT FINANCE 16-18
2.5 TYPES OF ACCOUNTABILITY 18-23
2.6 ACCOUNTABILITY IN PUBLIC SECTOR 23-24
2.7 CONCEPT OF ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION 24-27
2.8 PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES OF ACCOUNTABILITY
IN LOCAL GOVERNMENTADMINISTRATION 27-28
2.8.1 PROBLEM OF ACCOUNTABILITY TO INADEQUATE FINANCIAL CAPACITY
2.8.2 FACTORS THAT MILITATES AGAINST ACCOUNTABILITY
2.9 PROSPECTS OF IMPROVING ACCOUNTABILITY AND
PERFORMANCE IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
WITH CITIZEN PARTICIPATION 32-34
2.10 FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY OF LOCAL GOVT
POSSIBLE WAYS OF ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION 36-37
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 AREA OF STUDY 38-39
3.1.1 RESEARCH DESIGN 39-40
3.1.2 POPULATION OF THE STUDY .40
3.2 SAMPLING PROCEDURE AND TECHNIQUES .40-41
3.3 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION .41-42
3.3.1 INSTRUMENT OF DATA COLLECTION .42
3.3.2 VALIDITY OF THE INSTRUMENT .42-44
3.4 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS 44-46
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 INTRODUCTION .47
4.2 DATA PRESENTATION 47-62
4.3 DATA ANALYSIS 62-69
4.4 TEST OF HYPOTHESIS: CORRELATION 69-73
CHAPTER FIVE
5.1 SUMMARY 74-75
5.2 CONCLUSION 75
5.3 RECOMMENDATION 76-77
REFERENCES 78
APPENDIX-PROPOSED RESEARCH QUESTIONAIE g I
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