INTERNAL REVENUE GENERATION AND THE SUSTAINABILITY QUESTION OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

PREFACE
This paper has examined the internal sources of revenue accrued to local government in Nigeria. Their capability of sustaining the local government and the attendant problems of revenue generation
The paper had been divided into three chapters. Chapter one introduced the topic and gave some definition of the key words. In chapter two, we traced the history of local government revenue in Nigeria, the sources of revenue to local government in Nigeria and we proffered some answers to the question of sustainability of local government in Nigeria by internal revenue sources.
In chapter three, the paper was concluded with mention of some of the problems of revenue generation at the local government level in Nigeria.