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requirements for local government creation is the capacity to generate internal revenue in
addition to population density, geographical contiguity and community affinity. This
Task Force will assist in gearing up the local governments and developing many of the
assigned tax sources (like tenement rate) already neglected due to their ultimate reliance
on monthly statutory allocation.
Local governments are agents of development and this should be the focus of their
activities. Both the federal and state governments must then stop allocating ad-hoc
functions and responsibilities to local governments, especially without adequate financial
backing. To further enhance the capacities of local governments to function as agents of
development, the Community Development Associations (CDAs) and other popular
grassroots organisations have to be integrated into their structures and processes (CASS,
2003).
Lastly, there is need to revisit the VAT proceeds sharing ratio by raising the
relative share local governments as this will further reduce fiscal stress being undergone.
This is necessary because what gets to the individual local government from this source
is very minute despite its sharing at ratio 15:50:35 among the federal, state and local
governments respectively.
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