Identify five ways which the central government can improve upon local government system in West Africa.
Explanation
i. Increasing central government grants to local authorities for developmental projects ii. The ministry of Local Government should evolve action plan for local authorities to generate revenue internally iii. Minimizing central government interference and partisanship in local government administration iv. Improvement of service conditions of local government workers in order to attract highly skilled personnel v. Providing funds to organize refresher courses and in-service training for workers vi. Effective internal and external auditing of ac-counts vii. Effective ministerial control to avoid misappropriation and misapplication as well as misallocation of funds viii. Provision of adequate logistics for local authorities e.g. vehicles, furniture and computer facilities ix. Assembly/Council members should be democratically elected to serve the interest of the people x. Transparent appointment of local government administrators xi. Application of technology in the operations of the Local Government system xii. Granting of financial autonomy to the local government unit xiii. The central government should scrutinize all loans contracted by local government