Local Government Administration as an Instrument for National Development: A Catalyst for Development

This study adopted the descriptive survey method of research to examine the effect of local government administration and national development in Nigeria. The study employee conceptual, theoretical and empirical review. The study found that local governed administration has significant positive effect on national development in Nigeria. The study concluded that the application of modern administration system whose human resources practice would properly align to local government system the use of international best practice would improve local government administration and national development in Nigeria resulting in the global service. This will place Nigerians as a global player. The study therefore, recommended among others that local government administration should invest in human capital in the of training for self sustainability development and local government administration should be highly observed for best practice in modern administration in the local government system. Keywords: Local Government Administration, Instrument, National Development, Catalyst, Developmen