Abstract:
Nigeria as a member of the United Nations is keyed into the implementation of the framework of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by formulating the National Economic Empowerment and Development Strategy (NEEDS), for eradicating poverty and bringing about sustainable development through the establishment of National Poverty Eradication Programme (NAPEP).
However, the scourge of eradicating extreme poverty, achieving universal primary education, reduce child mortality rate and combating HIV/AIDS are still been felt by the majority of the citizens of the country most especially people at the local government because large percentage of the rural inhabitants are facing uncontrollable abject poverty, socio-economic dilemma and basic social amenities that the MDGs are supposed to have solved.
This study tries to extrapolate the factors that hinder the performance of local government in attaining MGDs at the local level of government as a cognizance to its reputations and relevance to the local government. Factors militating against MDGs performance and that of local government administration in Nigeria are articulated through descriptive and exploratory methods through the use of questionnaire for 121 respondents’ rate. Its concludes with the treatments of the imperatives for optimizing the effectiveness of local governments in Nigeria and areas of contribution to development are also identified and concludes with the imperatives for optimizing the effectiveness of local governments in Nigeria and means of achievement of MDGs before the year 2015targeted year
