The federalism that promotes productivity (2), By Dipo Baruwa
But denying local institutions meaningful authority also removes an important layer of experimentation, information gathering and development implementation – basic ingredients for building the federation’s institutional capability to generate, synthesise, and utilise local economic information for national development.
Nigeria cannot build a genuinely productive federation, while local governments remain institutionally marginal to development.
Many services closest to communities, including basic infrastructure maintenance, local markets, primary healthcare support, community libraries, sanitation, local economic information and aspects of agricultural extension, require functioning local government institutions.
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