The Nigeria society is a rapid transition in addition to the inevitable and usually gradual transformation processes that affect all social systems, the institutions economics, political, legal etc. of the Nigeria society are being debatably and hurriedly reformed to avoid the pit falls of the past. Momentous decisions are being made now programmes established and new strategies adopted all in an effort to achieve a new social order.
The above quotation from a paper on crisis management presented by Mark Amikpo has been chosen as a good starting point for this study.
One of the on going strategies to do this is the reform being introduced in to the local government ystem by the office of the chief of general staff to propare the local government as an effective third tier of government. Usually such rapid reforms tend to be prove to one form of organizational crisis or another crisis here refers to a unusal situtation the outcome of which is uncertain or capable of givernmeting system it grises out of the intherent disposition of the system to disturb the political and administration processes by its decision or operations. It after arises from situational uncertainties and inadequacies. These could be power tussle inadequate funds or time to execute all envisaged project, psychological disorientation the populace and its rejection of the proposal reforms. There full implication of established programmes or a deliberate changing to policies established primarily to protect institution class relations.
Local Government in Nigeria has been characterized by instability and disruptions emanating from one form of crisis or the other. These crisis that were often promoted by the activities of central government usually led to complete dissolution and take over the functions of the local government by the state government.
In other words, local government in this country has always subjected to the whims and caprices of the state government. They were never firmly established to make any contribution to the construction of a stable and deeply rooted polity as the “Panchayata ray, institution seem to have done in India”.
The Various Local Government reforms and particularly the (1976) reform were thus Interalia aimed at stabilizing sand rationalizing government at the local level. Unfortunately, however the chosen implementation strategies seem to have resulted in unanticipated policy out comes.
As this matter of fact, by the end of 1983 it was clear to all that the aims of the 1976 reforms to create autonomous and viable Local Government system in the country had not and couldn’t be realized. It is our belief that this was mainly due to the inability of the local government system to effectively handle the forms of crises that affected it during this period.
It is against this background that the topic “Crisis management in Local Government system in Nigeria was chosen.
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