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Local Elections, State Capture, and Development in Nigeria

February 14, 2020 LPS Alliance

Local government councils elections in Nigeria are supposed to be held regularly in the 774 local government areas of Nigeria stipulated by the 1999 constitution. However, they are under the organisational lead of the state […]