FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

KNOW THE FUNCTIONS OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Functions of the local government as listed in 1999 constitution.

These include:

● The consideration and the making of recommendations to a state commission on economic planning or any similar body on-The economic development of the state, particularly in so far as the areas of authority of the council and of the state are affected, andProposal made by the said commission or body.

● Collection of rates, radio and television licenses;

● Establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial ground and homes for the destitute or infirm;

● Licensing of bicycles, trucks( other than mechanically propelled trucks), canoes, wheel barrows and carts;

● Establishment, maintenance of roads, streets, street lightings, drains and other public highways, parks, gardens, open spaces, or such public facilities as may be prescribed from time to time by the House of Assembly of a State;

● Naming of roads and streets and numbering of houses;

● Provision and maintenance of public conveniences, sewage and refuse disposal;

● Registration of all births, deaths and marriages;

● Assessment of privately owned houses or tenements for the purpose of levying such rates as may be prescribed by the House of Assembly of a state; 

● Control and regulation of: out – door advertising and hoarding,movement and keeping of pets of all description,shop and kiosks,restaurants, bakeries and other places for s ale of food to the public,laundries, andlicensing, regulation and control of the sale of liquor.

The functions of local government council shall include participation of such council in the Government of a State as respects the following matters:

▪ The provision and maintenance of primary, adult and vocational education;

▪ The development of agriculture and natural resources, other than the exploitation of materials;

▪ The provision and maintenance of Health services; 

▪And such other functions as may be conferred on a local government council by the House of Assembly of the State.