NATURE OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

1. The local government get allocation from the federal account

2. The state government approve the annual budget of the local government as well as looking into (audit) the accounts of the local government

3. The state has the power to dissolve local government executive council

4. The federal government creates the state and local government areas. She can adjust boundaries or remove existing boundaries.

5. The state government and local government can help in implementing some of federal government policies like the industrial and educational polices  

AREAS OF DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

a. The federal government legislate on both exclusive concurrent list while the state legislate on concurrent and residual list.

b. The federal government has two legislative houses (senate and house of representative) while the state has one (the legislative council).

c. The federal government is headed by the president while the state is headed by the governor and the local government but the state cannot control the federal government.

d. The federal government has constitutional power to control the state but the state cannot control the federal government

e. The federal government can formulate policies for the whole country while the state and local government can formulate polices for themselves alone.

Assignment

Mention 3 areas of differences among federal ,state and local governments.