Effective Utilization of Revenue Available to Local Government in Edo State: A Study of Oredo Local Government Council
Philomena .I. Urhoghide
Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Benson Idahosa University, Benin City, Nigeria
Email: phil.urhoghide@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The study examined effective utilization of revenue available to the local government in Edo State using Oredo Local Government Council. Staff used in this study was randomly selected from each of the four sampled offices from Oredo Local Government Council. The study involved 70 members of staff of given offices. A questionnaire on effective utilization of revenue was used for data collection. The data collected were analyzed using simple percentage statistical tool. Findings revealed the following: for hypothesis I, there was a relationship between ineffective utilization of revenue and Oredo Local Government council at 93.8%. With respect to hypothesis II, there was a relationship between delay in payment of federal/state government grants and the effective utilization of revenue by Oredo Local Government at 95.4%. For hypothesis III, there was a relationship between financial mismanagement of funds and effective utilization of Oredo Local Government revenue at 95.3%. On the basis of these findings, it is recommended that government should improve on policies guiding effective utilization of revenue available to local councils.
