id	sid	tid	token	lemma	pos
esutjss-52	1	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	1	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	1	3	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	1	4	145	145	NUM
esutjss-52	1	5	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	1	6	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	1	7	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	1	8	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	1	9	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	10	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	1	11	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	1	12	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	1	13	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	1	14	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	1	15	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	1	16	unveiling	unveil	VERB
esutjss-52	1	17	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	1	18	enigma	enigma	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	19	okibe	okibe	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	20	hyginus	hyginus	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	21	banko	banko	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	22	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	1	23	phd	phd	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	24	department	department	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	25	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	1	26	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	1	27	science	science	NOUN
esutjss-52	1	28	faculty	faculty	NOUN
esutjss-52	1	29	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	1	30	social	social	ADJ
esutjss-52	1	31	sciences	sciences	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	32	enugu	enugu	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	33	state	state	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	34	university	university	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	35	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	1	36	science	science	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	37	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	1	38	technology	technology	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	39	onwaidodo@gmail.com	onwaidodo@gmail.com	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	40	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	1	41	hyginus.banko@esut.edu.ng	hyginus.banko@esut.edu.ng	ADJ
esutjss-52	1	42	abstract	abstract	ADJ
esutjss-52	1	43	native	native	ADJ
esutjss-52	1	44	nigerians	nigerians	PROPN
esutjss-52	1	45	practiced	practice	VERB
esutjss-52	1	46	different	different	ADJ
esutjss-52	1	47	systems	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	1	48	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	1	49	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	1	50	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	1	51	before	before	ADP
esutjss-52	1	52	british	british	ADJ
esutjss-52	1	53	colonialism	colonialism	NOUN
esutjss-52	1	54	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	2	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	2	2	systems	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	2	3	conformed	conform	VERB
esutjss-52	2	4	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	2	5	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	2	6	needs	need	NOUN
esutjss-52	2	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	2	8	cultural	cultural	ADJ
esutjss-52	2	9	orientation	orientation	NOUN
esutjss-52	2	10	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	2	11	operated	operate	VERB
esutjss-52	2	12	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	2	13	autonomous	autonomous	ADJ
esutjss-52	2	14	entity	entity	NOUN
esutjss-52	2	15	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	2	16	were	be	AUX
esutjss-52	2	17	accountable	accountable	ADJ
esutjss-52	2	18	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	2	19	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	2	20	native	native	ADJ
esutjss-52	2	21	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	2	22	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	3	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	3	2	confluence	confluence	NOUN
esutjss-52	3	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	3	4	these	these	DET
esutjss-52	3	5	diverse	diverse	ADJ
esutjss-52	3	6	modes	mode	NOUN
esutjss-52	3	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	3	8	existence	existence	NOUN
esutjss-52	3	9	under	under	ADP
esutjss-52	3	10	colonial	colonial	ADJ
esutjss-52	3	11	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN
esutjss-52	3	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	3	13	culminated	culminate	VERB
esutjss-52	3	14	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	3	15	colonial	colonial	ADJ
esutjss-52	3	16	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	3	17	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	3	18	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	3	19	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	3	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	3	21	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	3	22	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	3	23	incompatible	incompatible	ADJ
esutjss-52	3	24	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	3	25	fragmented	fragmented	ADJ
esutjss-52	3	26	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	3	27	only	only	ADV
esutjss-52	3	28	intended	intend	VERB
esutjss-52	3	29	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	3	30	serve	serve	VERB
esutjss-52	3	31	colonial	colonial	ADJ
esutjss-52	3	32	economic	economic	ADJ
esutjss-52	3	33	agenda	agenda	NOUN
esutjss-52	3	34	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	3	35	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	3	36	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	4	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	4	2	new	new	ADJ
esutjss-52	4	3	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	4	4	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	4	5	neither	neither	CCONJ
esutjss-52	4	6	independent	independent	ADJ
esutjss-52	4	7	nor	nor	CCONJ
esutjss-52	4	8	freely	freely	ADV
esutjss-52	4	9	exercised	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	4	10	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	4	11	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	4	12	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	4	13	affairs	affair	NOUN
esutjss-52	4	14	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	4	15	colonial	colonial	ADJ
esutjss-52	4	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	4	17	determined	determine	VERB
esutjss-52	4	18	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	4	19	structure	structure	NOUN
esutjss-52	4	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	4	21	operation	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	4	22	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	4	23	finance	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	4	24	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	4	25	personnel	personnel	NOUN
esutjss-52	4	26	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	5	1	since	since	SCONJ
esutjss-52	5	2	post	post	ADJ
esutjss-52	5	3	-	-	ADJ
esutjss-52	5	4	colonial	colonial	ADJ
esutjss-52	5	5	era	era	NOUN
esutjss-52	5	6	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	5	7	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	5	8	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	5	9	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	5	10	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	5	11	continued	continue	VERB
esutjss-52	5	12	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	5	13	expand	expand	VERB
esutjss-52	5	14	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	5	15	scope	scope	NOUN
esutjss-52	5	16	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	5	17	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN
esutjss-52	5	18	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	5	19	personnel	personnel	NOUN
esutjss-52	5	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	5	21	resource	resource	NOUN
esutjss-52	5	22	requirements	requirement	NOUN
esutjss-52	5	23	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	5	24	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	5	25	capital	capital	NOUN
esutjss-52	5	26	outlay	outlay	NOUN
esutjss-52	5	27	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	5	28	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	5	29	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	5	30	fluctuates	fluctuate	VERB
esutjss-52	5	31	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	6	1	debate	debate	NOUN
esutjss-52	6	2	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	6	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	6	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	6	5	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	6	6	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	6	7	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	6	8	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	6	9	given	give	VERB
esutjss-52	6	10	rise	rise	NOUN
esutjss-52	6	11	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	6	12	schools	school	NOUN
esutjss-52	6	13	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	6	14	thought	thought	NOUN
esutjss-52	6	15	–	–	PUNCT
esutjss-52	6	16	protagonists	protagonist	NOUN
esutjss-52	6	17	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	6	18	antagonists	antagonist	NOUN
esutjss-52	6	19	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	7	1	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	7	2	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	7	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	7	4	persistent	persistent	ADJ
esutjss-52	7	5	subordination	subordination	NOUN
esutjss-52	7	6	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	7	7	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	7	8	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	7	9	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	7	10	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	7	11	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	7	12	amid	amid	ADP
esutjss-52	7	13	failure	failure	NOUN
esutjss-52	7	14	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	7	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	7	16	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	7	17	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	7	18	perform	perform	VERB
esutjss-52	7	19	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	7	20	set	set	NOUN
esutjss-52	7	21	goals	goal	NOUN
esutjss-52	7	22	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	7	23	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	7	24	departure	departure	NOUN
esutjss-52	7	25	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	7	26	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	7	27	colonial	colonial	ADJ
esutjss-52	7	28	masters	master	NOUN
esutjss-52	7	29	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	7	30	assumption	assumption	NOUN
esutjss-52	7	31	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	7	32	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	7	33	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	7	34	nigerians	nigerians	PROPN
esutjss-52	7	35	seem	seem	VERB
esutjss-52	7	36	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	7	37	worsen	worsen	VERB
esutjss-52	7	38	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	7	39	problem	problem	NOUN
esutjss-52	7	40	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	8	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	8	2	paper	paper	NOUN
esutjss-52	8	3	interrogates	interrogate	VERB
esutjss-52	8	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	8	5	amphibious	amphibious	ADJ
esutjss-52	8	6	nature	nature	NOUN
esutjss-52	8	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	8	8	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	8	9	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	8	10	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	8	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	8	12	reasons	reason	NOUN
esutjss-52	8	13	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	8	14	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	8	15	politicization	politicization	NOUN
esutjss-52	8	16	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	8	17	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	8	18	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	8	19	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	8	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	8	21	efforts	effort	NOUN
esutjss-52	8	22	towards	towards	ADP
esutjss-52	8	23	resolving	resolve	VERB
esutjss-52	8	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	8	25	dilemma	dilemma	NOUN
esutjss-52	8	26	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	8	27	stakeholder	stakeholder	NOUN
esutjss-52	8	28	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	8	29	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	8	30	logjam	logjam	NOUN
esutjss-52	8	31	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	8	32	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	8	33	impasse	impasse	NOUN
esutjss-52	8	34	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	9	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	9	2	research	research	NOUN
esutjss-52	9	3	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	9	4	analytical	analytical	ADJ
esutjss-52	9	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	9	6	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	9	7	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	9	8	secondary	secondary	ADJ
esutjss-52	9	9	data	datum	NOUN
esutjss-52	9	10	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	9	11	content	content	NOUN
esutjss-52	9	12	analysis	analysis	NOUN
esutjss-52	9	13	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	10	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	10	2	research	research	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	3	adopted	adopt	VERB
esutjss-52	10	4	elite	elite	ADJ
esutjss-52	10	5	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	10	6	pluralist	pluralist	ADJ
esutjss-52	10	7	theories	theory	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	8	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	10	9	analyzing	analyze	VERB
esutjss-52	10	10	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	10	11	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	12	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	10	13	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	10	14	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	15	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	16	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	10	17	found	find	VERB
esutjss-52	10	18	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	10	19	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	10	20	agitations	agitation	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	21	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	10	22	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	23	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	10	24	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	10	25	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	26	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	10	27	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	10	28	cut	cut	VERB
esutjss-52	10	29	across	across	ADP
esutjss-52	10	30	all	all	DET
esutjss-52	10	31	classes	class	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	32	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	10	33	some	some	DET
esutjss-52	10	34	selfish	selfish	ADJ
esutjss-52	10	35	governing	govern	VERB
esutjss-52	10	36	elites	elite	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	37	who	who	PRON
esutjss-52	10	38	want	want	VERB
esutjss-52	10	39	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	10	40	perpetuate	perpetuate	VERB
esutjss-52	10	41	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	10	42	exploitation	exploitation	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	43	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	10	44	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	10	45	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	46	resources	resource	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	47	continue	continue	VERB
esutjss-52	10	48	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	10	49	stall	stall	VERB
esutjss-52	10	50	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	10	51	efforts	effort	NOUN
esutjss-52	10	52	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	11	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	11	2	requires	require	VERB
esutjss-52	11	3	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	11	4	amendment	amendment	NOUN
esutjss-52	11	5	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	11	6	prohibit	prohibit	VERB
esutjss-52	11	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	11	8	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	11	9	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	11	10	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	11	11	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	11	12	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	11	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	11	14	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	11	15	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	11	16	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	11	17	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	11	18	clearly	clearly	ADV
esutjss-52	11	19	defined	define	VERB
esutjss-52	11	20	framework	framework	NOUN
esutjss-52	11	21	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	11	22	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	11	23	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	11	24	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	11	25	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	11	26	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	11	27	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	11	28	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	12	1	keywords	keyword	NOUN
esutjss-52	12	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	12	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	12	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	12	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	12	6	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	12	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	12	8	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	12	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	12	10	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	12	11	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	12	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	12	13	enigma	enigma	ADJ
esutjss-52	12	14	introduction	introduction	NOUN
esutjss-52	12	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	12	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	12	17	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	12	18	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	12	19	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	12	20	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	12	21	product	product	NOUN
esutjss-52	12	22	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	12	23	decentralization	decentralization	NOUN
esutjss-52	12	24	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	12	25	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	12	26	established	establish	VERB
esutjss-52	12	27	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	12	28	law	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	12	29	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	12	30	okafor	okafor	PROPN
esutjss-52	12	31	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	12	32	2010	2010	NUM
esutjss-52	12	33	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	12	34	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	13	1	since	since	SCONJ
esutjss-52	13	2	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	13	3	advent	advent	NOUN
esutjss-52	13	4	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	13	5	modern	modern	ADJ
esutjss-52	13	6	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	13	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	13	8	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	13	9	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	13	10	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	13	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	13	12	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	13	13	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	13	14	been	be	AUX
esutjss-52	13	15	an	an	DET
esutjss-52	13	16	intermittent	intermittent	ADJ
esutjss-52	13	17	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	13	18	if	if	SCONJ
esutjss-52	13	19	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	13	20	constant	constant	ADJ
esutjss-52	13	21	alteration	alteration	NOUN
esutjss-52	13	22	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	13	23	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	13	24	structure	structure	NOUN
esutjss-52	13	25	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	13	26	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	13	27	modalities	modality	NOUN
esutjss-52	13	28	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	13	29	composition	composition	NOUN
esutjss-52	13	30	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	13	31	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	13	32	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	13	33	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	13	34	career	career	NOUN
esutjss-52	13	35	personnel	personnel	NOUN
esutjss-52	13	36	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	13	37	financing	financing	NOUN
esutjss-52	13	38	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	13	39	mode	mode	NOUN
esutjss-52	13	40	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	13	41	operation	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	13	42	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	14	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	14	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	14	3	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	14	4	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	14	5	thirdtheir	thirdtheir	NOUN
esutjss-52	14	6	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	14	7	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	14	8	law	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	14	9	has	have	VERB
esutjss-52	14	10	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	14	11	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	14	12	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	14	13	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	14	14	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	14	15	external	external	ADJ
esutjss-52	14	16	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	14	17	interests	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	14	18	influence	influence	VERB
esutjss-52	14	19	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	14	20	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	14	21	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	15	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	15	2	glowing	glow	VERB
esutjss-52	15	3	concerns	concern	NOUN
esutjss-52	15	4	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	15	5	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	15	6	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	15	7	becoming	become	VERB
esutjss-52	15	8	an	an	DET
esutjss-52	15	9	appendage	appendage	NOUN
esutjss-52	15	10	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	15	11	regional	regional	ADJ
esutjss-52	15	12	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	15	13	central	central	ADJ
esutjss-52	15	14	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	15	15	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	15	16	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	15	17	alternating	alternate	VERB
esutjss-52	15	18	phases	phase	NOUN
esutjss-52	15	19	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	15	20	presented	present	VERB
esutjss-52	15	21	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	15	22	daunting	daunting	ADJ
esutjss-52	15	23	challenge	challenge	NOUN
esutjss-52	15	24	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	15	25	initially	initially	ADV
esutjss-52	15	26	gained	gain	VERB
esutjss-52	15	27	some	some	DET
esutjss-52	15	28	kinds	kind	NOUN
esutjss-52	15	29	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	15	30	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	15	31	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	15	32	legal	legal	ADJ
esutjss-52	15	33	attention	attention	NOUN
esutjss-52	15	34	after	after	ADP
esutjss-52	15	35	independence	independence	NOUN
esutjss-52	15	36	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	16	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	16	2	result	result	NOUN
esutjss-52	16	3	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	16	4	several	several	ADJ
esutjss-52	16	5	efforts	effort	NOUN
esutjss-52	16	6	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	16	7	policy	policy	NOUN
esutjss-52	16	8	measures	measure	NOUN
esutjss-52	16	9	aimed	aim	VERB
esutjss-52	16	10	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	16	11	resolving	resolve	VERB
esutjss-52	16	12	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	16	13	challenges	challenge	NOUN
esutjss-52	16	14	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	16	15	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	16	16	reforms	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	16	17	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	16	18	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	16	19	provisions	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	16	20	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	17	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	17	2	first	first	ADJ
esutjss-52	17	3	attempts	attempt	NOUN
esutjss-52	17	4	were	be	AUX
esutjss-52	17	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	17	6	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	17	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	17	8	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	17	9	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	17	10	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	18	1	mailto:onwaidodo@gmail.com	mailto:onwaidodo@gmail.com	PROPN
esutjss-52	18	2	mailto:hyginus.banko@esut.edu.ng	mailto:hyginus.banko@esut.edu.ng	PROPN
esutjss-52	18	3	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	18	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	18	5	attendant	attendant	ADJ
esutjss-52	18	6	provisions	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	18	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	18	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	18	9	1979	1979	NUM
esutjss-52	18	10	constitution	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	18	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	18	12	section	section	NOUN
esutjss-52	18	13	7(1	7(1	NUM
esutjss-52	18	14	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	18	15	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	19	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	19	2	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB
esutjss-52	19	3	democratic	democratic	ADJ
esutjss-52	19	4	form	form	NOUN
esutjss-52	19	5	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	19	6	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	19	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	19	8	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	19	9	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	19	10	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	19	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	19	12	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	19	13	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	19	14	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	19	15	listed	list	VERB
esutjss-52	19	16	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	19	17	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	19	18	fourth	fourth	ADJ
esutjss-52	19	19	schedule	schedule	NOUN
esutjss-52	19	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	19	21	subsection	subsection	NOUN
esutjss-52	19	22	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	19	23	2	2	NUM
esutjss-52	19	24	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	19	25	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	20	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	20	2	central	central	ADJ
esutjss-52	20	3	objectives	objective	NOUN
esutjss-52	20	4	were	be	AUX
esutjss-52	20	5	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	20	6	assert	assert	VERB
esutjss-52	20	7	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	20	8	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	20	9	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	20	10	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	20	11	tier	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	20	12	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	20	13	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	20	14	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	20	15	strengthen	strengthen	VERB
esutjss-52	20	16	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	20	17	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	20	18	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	20	19	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	20	20	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	20	21	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	20	22	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	20	23	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	21	1	however	however	ADV
esutjss-52	21	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	21	3	most	most	ADJ
esutjss-52	21	4	times	time	NOUN
esutjss-52	21	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	21	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	21	7	legal	legal	ADJ
esutjss-52	21	8	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	21	9	structural	structural	ADJ
esutjss-52	21	10	proposition	proposition	NOUN
esutjss-52	21	11	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	21	12	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	21	13	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	21	14	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	21	15	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	21	16	optimal	optimal	ADJ
esutjss-52	21	17	performance	performance	NOUN
esutjss-52	21	18	proves	prove	VERB
esutjss-52	21	19	inconsistent	inconsistent	ADJ
esutjss-52	21	20	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	21	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	21	22	roles	role	NOUN
esutjss-52	21	23	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	21	24	human	human	ADJ
esutjss-52	21	25	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	21	26	institutional	institutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	21	27	factors	factor	NOUN
esutjss-52	21	28	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	21	29	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	21	30	impasse	impasse	NOUN
esutjss-52	21	31	surrounding	surround	VERB
esutjss-52	21	32	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	21	33	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	21	34	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	21	35	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	22	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	22	2	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	22	3	first	first	ADJ
esutjss-52	22	4	place	place	NOUN
esutjss-52	22	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	22	6	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	22	7	is	be	VERB
esutjss-52	22	8	prevalent	prevalent	ADJ
esutjss-52	22	9	contestation	contestation	NOUN
esutjss-52	22	10	between	between	ADP
esutjss-52	22	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	22	12	national	national	ADJ
esutjss-52	22	13	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	22	14	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	22	15	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	22	16	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	22	17	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	22	18	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	22	19	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	22	20	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	22	21	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	22	22	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	22	23	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	23	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	23	2	contestation	contestation	NOUN
esutjss-52	23	3	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	23	4	been	be	AUX
esutjss-52	23	5	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	23	6	common	common	ADJ
esutjss-52	23	7	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN
esutjss-52	23	8	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	23	9	both	both	CCONJ
esutjss-52	23	10	military	military	ADJ
esutjss-52	23	11	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	23	12	civilian	civilian	ADJ
esutjss-52	23	13	administrations	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	23	14	without	without	ADP
esutjss-52	23	15	consensus	consensus	NOUN
esutjss-52	23	16	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	23	17	how	how	SCONJ
esutjss-52	23	18	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	23	19	eradicate	eradicate	VERB
esutjss-52	23	20	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	23	21	scourge	scourge	NOUN
esutjss-52	23	22	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	24	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	24	2	result	result	NOUN
esutjss-52	24	3	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	24	4	unabated	unabated	ADJ
esutjss-52	24	5	politicization	politicization	NOUN
esutjss-52	24	6	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	24	7	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	24	8	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	24	9	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	24	10	amid	amid	ADP
esutjss-52	24	11	deteriorating	deteriorate	VERB
esutjss-52	24	12	performance	performance	NOUN
esutjss-52	24	13	indicators	indicator	NOUN
esutjss-52	24	14	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	24	15	continue	continue	VERB
esutjss-52	24	16	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	24	17	hinder	hinder	VERB
esutjss-52	24	18	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	24	19	smooth	smooth	ADJ
esutjss-52	24	20	operation	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	24	21	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	24	22	desired	desire	VERB
esutjss-52	24	23	impact	impact	NOUN
esutjss-52	24	24	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	24	25	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	24	26	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	24	27	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	25	1	kayode	kayode	PROPN
esutjss-52	25	2	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	25	3	2013	2013	NUM
esutjss-52	25	4	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	25	5	asserts	assert	VERB
esutjss-52	25	6	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	25	7	before	before	ADP
esutjss-52	25	8	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	25	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	25	10	when	when	SCONJ
esutjss-52	25	11	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	25	12	unified	unified	ADJ
esutjss-52	25	13	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	25	14	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	15	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	16	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	25	17	adopted	adopt	VERB
esutjss-52	25	18	throughout	throughout	ADP
esutjss-52	25	19	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	25	20	country	country	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	21	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	25	22	each	each	PRON
esutjss-52	25	23	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	25	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	25	25	regions	region	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	26	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	25	27	later	later	ADV
esutjss-52	25	28	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	29	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	25	30	operated	operate	VERB
esutjss-52	25	31	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	25	32	type	type	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	33	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	25	34	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	25	35	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	36	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	37	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	25	38	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	25	39	unique	unique	ADJ
esutjss-52	25	40	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	25	41	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	25	42	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	25	43	needs	need	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	44	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	25	45	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	25	46	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	25	47	advent	advent	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	48	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	25	49	military	military	ADJ
esutjss-52	25	50	regime	regime	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	51	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	25	52	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	25	53	centralized	centralized	ADJ
esutjss-52	25	54	form	form	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	55	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	25	56	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	57	affected	affect	VERB
esutjss-52	25	58	this	this	DET
esutjss-52	25	59	former	former	ADJ
esutjss-52	25	60	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN
esutjss-52	25	61	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	26	1	military	military	NOUN
esutjss-52	26	2	thus	thus	ADV
esutjss-52	26	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	26	4	preferred	prefer	VERB
esutjss-52	26	5	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	26	6	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	26	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	26	8	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	26	9	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	26	10	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	26	11	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	26	12	had	have	VERB
esutjss-52	26	13	national	national	ADJ
esutjss-52	26	14	outlook	outlook	NOUN
esutjss-52	26	15	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	26	16	structure	structure	NOUN
esutjss-52	26	17	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	26	18	operation	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	26	19	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	26	20	fitted	fit	VERB
esutjss-52	26	21	into	into	ADP
esutjss-52	26	22	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	26	23	unitary	unitary	ADJ
esutjss-52	26	24	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	26	25	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	26	26	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	26	27	blended	blend	VERB
esutjss-52	26	28	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	26	29	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	26	30	centralized	centralized	ADJ
esutjss-52	26	31	command	command	NOUN
esutjss-52	26	32	structure	structure	NOUN
esutjss-52	26	33	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	27	1	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	27	2	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	27	3	reemergence	reemergence	NOUN
esutjss-52	27	4	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	27	5	civilian	civilian	ADJ
esutjss-52	27	6	regime	regime	NOUN
esutjss-52	27	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	27	8	1979	1979	NUM
esutjss-52	27	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	27	10	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	27	11	regime	regime	NOUN
esutjss-52	27	12	readopted	readopte	VERB
esutjss-52	27	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	27	14	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	27	15	earlier	early	ADJ
esutjss-52	27	16	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN
esutjss-52	27	17	prescribed	prescribe	VERB
esutjss-52	27	18	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	27	19	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	27	20	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	27	21	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	27	22	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	27	23	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	27	24	recognized	recognize	VERB
esutjss-52	27	25	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	27	26	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	27	27	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	27	28	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	27	29	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	27	30	third	third	ADJ
esutjss-52	27	31	tier	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	27	32	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	27	33	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	27	34	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	28	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	28	2	recurring	recur	VERB
esutjss-52	28	3	abuse	abuse	NOUN
esutjss-52	28	4	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	28	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	28	6	provisions	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	28	7	concerning	concern	VERB
esutjss-52	28	8	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	28	9	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	28	10	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	28	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	28	12	1979	1979	NUM
esutjss-52	28	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	28	14	1989	1989	NUM
esutjss-52	28	15	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	28	16	1999	1999	NUM
esutjss-52	28	17	constitutions	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	28	18	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	28	19	especially	especially	ADV
esutjss-52	28	20	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	28	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	28	22	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	28	23	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	28	24	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	28	25	refreshed	refresh	VERB
esutjss-52	28	26	agitations	agitation	NOUN
esutjss-52	28	27	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	28	28	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	28	29	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	28	30	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	28	31	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	1	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	29	2	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	29	3	result	result	NOUN
esutjss-52	29	4	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	5	scholars	scholar	NOUN
esutjss-52	29	6	including	include	VERB
esutjss-52	29	7	okoli	okoli	NOUN
esutjss-52	29	8	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	9	1980	1980	NUM
esutjss-52	29	10	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	11	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	12	nwabueze	nwabueze	NOUN
esutjss-52	29	13	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	14	1982	1982	NUM
esutjss-52	29	15	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	16	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	17	adeyemo	adeyemo	ADV
esutjss-52	29	18	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	19	2010	2010	NUM
esutjss-52	29	20	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	21	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	22	lamidi	lamidi	PROPN
esutjss-52	29	23	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	29	24	fagbohun	fagbohun	PROPN
esutjss-52	29	25	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	26	2013	2013	NUM
esutjss-52	29	27	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	28	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	29	onuigbo	onuigbo	X
esutjss-52	29	30	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	31	2015	2015	NUM
esutjss-52	29	32	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	33	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	34	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	29	35	ugwu	ugwu	ADV
esutjss-52	29	36	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	37	2017	2017	NUM
esutjss-52	29	38	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	39	have	have	AUX
esutjss-52	29	40	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	29	41	wavered	waver	VERB
esutjss-52	29	42	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	29	43	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	29	44	advocacy	advocacy	NOUN
esutjss-52	29	45	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	29	46	direct	direct	ADJ
esutjss-52	29	47	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	29	48	allocation	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	29	49	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	29	50	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	29	51	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	29	52	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	29	53	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	29	54	order	order	NOUN
esutjss-52	29	55	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	29	56	protect	protect	VERB
esutjss-52	29	57	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	29	58	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	29	59	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	30	1	this	this	PRON
esutjss-52	30	2	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	30	3	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	30	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	30	5	heel	heel	NOUN
esutjss-52	30	6	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	30	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	30	8	1988	1988	NUM
esutjss-52	30	9	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	30	10	made	make	VERB
esutjss-52	30	11	allocations	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	30	12	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	30	13	revenue	revenue	NOUN
esutjss-52	30	14	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	30	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	30	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	30	17	directly	directly	ADV
esutjss-52	30	18	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	30	19	no	no	ADV
esutjss-52	30	20	longer	long	ADV
esutjss-52	30	21	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	30	22	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	30	23	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	30	24	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	31	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	31	2	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	31	3	also	also	ADV
esutjss-52	31	4	upgraded	upgrade	VERB
esutjss-52	31	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	31	6	statutory	statutory	ADJ
esutjss-52	31	7	allocation	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	31	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	31	9	10	10	NUM
esutjss-52	31	10	%	%	NOUN
esutjss-52	31	11	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	31	12	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	31	13	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	31	14	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	31	15	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	31	16	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	31	17	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	31	18	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	31	19	20	20	NUM
esutjss-52	31	20	%	%	NOUN
esutjss-52	31	21	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	31	22	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	31	23	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	31	24	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	31	25	considered	consider	VERB
esutjss-52	31	26	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	31	27	bold	bold	ADJ
esutjss-52	31	28	step	step	NOUN
esutjss-52	31	29	towards	towards	ADP
esutjss-52	31	30	strengthening	strengthen	VERB
esutjss-52	31	31	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	31	32	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	31	33	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	31	34	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	32	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	32	2	upgrade	upgrade	NOUN
esutjss-52	32	3	reinforced	reinforce	VERB
esutjss-52	32	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	32	5	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	32	6	authority	authority	NOUN
esutjss-52	32	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	32	8	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	32	9	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	32	10	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	32	11	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	32	12	preparing	prepare	VERB
esutjss-52	32	13	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	32	14	approving	approve	VERB
esutjss-52	32	15	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	32	16	income	income	NOUN
esutjss-52	32	17	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	32	18	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN
esutjss-52	32	19	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	32	20	taxes	taxis	NOUN
esutjss-52	32	21	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	32	22	aside	aside	ADV
esutjss-52	32	23	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	32	24	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	32	25	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	32	26	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	33	1	generally	generally	ADV
esutjss-52	33	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	33	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	33	4	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	33	5	provisions	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	33	6	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	33	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	33	8	1988	1988	NUM
esutjss-52	33	9	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	33	10	made	make	VERB
esutjss-52	33	11	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	33	12	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	33	13	take	take	VERB
esutjss-52	33	14	full	full	ADJ
esutjss-52	33	15	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN
esutjss-52	33	16	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	33	17	primary	primary	ADJ
esutjss-52	33	18	healthcare	healthcare	NOUN
esutjss-52	33	19	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	33	20	education	education	NOUN
esutjss-52	33	21	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	33	22	all	all	DET
esutjss-52	33	23	related	relate	VERB
esutjss-52	33	24	personnel	personnel	NOUN
esutjss-52	33	25	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	33	26	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	33	27	facilitate	facilitate	VERB
esutjss-52	33	28	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	33	29	developments	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	33	30	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	34	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	34	2	addition	addition	NOUN
esutjss-52	34	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	34	4	traditional	traditional	ADJ
esutjss-52	34	5	rulers	ruler	NOUN
esutjss-52	34	6	were	be	AUX
esutjss-52	34	7	involved	involve	VERB
esutjss-52	34	8	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	34	9	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	34	10	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	34	11	affairs	affair	NOUN
esutjss-52	34	12	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	35	1	however	however	ADV
esutjss-52	35	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	35	3	when	when	SCONJ
esutjss-52	35	4	civilian	civilian	ADJ
esutjss-52	35	5	dictatorships	dictatorship	NOUN
esutjss-52	35	6	replaced	replace	VERB
esutjss-52	35	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	35	8	coercive	coercive	ADJ
esutjss-52	35	9	fester	fester	NOUN
esutjss-52	35	10	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	35	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	35	12	military	military	NOUN
esutjss-52	35	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	35	14	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	35	15	tainted	taint	VERB
esutjss-52	35	16	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	35	17	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	35	18	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	35	19	widespread	widespread	ADJ
esutjss-52	35	20	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	35	21	maneuvers	maneuver	NOUN
esutjss-52	35	22	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	35	23	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	35	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	35	25	target	target	NOUN
esutjss-52	35	26	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	35	27	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	35	28	usurp	usurp	VERB
esutjss-52	35	29	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	35	30	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	35	31	executive	executive	ADJ
esutjss-52	35	32	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	35	33	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	35	34	override	override	VERB
esutjss-52	35	35	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	35	36	emerging	emerge	VERB
esutjss-52	35	37	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	35	38	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	35	39	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	35	40	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	35	41	expense	expense	NOUN
esutjss-52	35	42	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	35	43	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	35	44	population	population	NOUN
esutjss-52	35	45	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	35	46	supposed	suppose	VERB
esutjss-52	35	47	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	35	48	serve	serve	VERB
esutjss-52	35	49	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	35	50	immediate	immediate	ADJ
esutjss-52	35	51	needs	need	NOUN
esutjss-52	35	52	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	36	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	36	2	subterranean	subterranean	ADJ
esutjss-52	36	3	scheming	scheming	NOUN
esutjss-52	36	4	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	36	5	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	36	6	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	36	7	common	common	ADJ
esutjss-52	36	8	across	across	ADP
esutjss-52	36	9	national	national	ADJ
esutjss-52	36	10	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	36	11	sub	sub	ADJ
esutjss-52	36	12	-	-	ADJ
esutjss-52	36	13	national	national	ADJ
esutjss-52	36	14	levels	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	36	15	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	36	16	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	36	17	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	36	18	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	36	19	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	36	20	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	36	21	worse	bad	ADJ
esutjss-52	36	22	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	36	23	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	36	24	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	36	25	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	36	26	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	36	27	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	37	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	37	2	obsession	obsession	NOUN
esutjss-52	37	3	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	37	4	inordinate	inordinate	ADJ
esutjss-52	37	5	ambition	ambition	NOUN
esutjss-52	37	6	underlines	underline	VERB
esutjss-52	37	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	37	8	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	37	9	intoxication	intoxication	NOUN
esutjss-52	37	10	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	37	11	convolutes	convolute	VERB
esutjss-52	37	12	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	37	13	tendencies	tendency	NOUN
esutjss-52	37	14	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	37	15	disrespecting	disrespect	VERB
esutjss-52	37	16	boundaries	boundary	NOUN
esutjss-52	37	17	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	37	18	exercise	exercise	NOUN
esutjss-52	37	19	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	37	20	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	37	21	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	37	22	once	once	SCONJ
esutjss-52	37	23	one	one	NUM
esutjss-52	37	24	assumed	assume	VERB
esutjss-52	37	25	position	position	NOUN
esutjss-52	37	26	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	37	27	authority	authority	NOUN
esutjss-52	37	28	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	38	1	apart	apart	ADV
esutjss-52	38	2	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	38	3	being	be	AUX
esutjss-52	38	4	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	38	5	common	common	ADJ
esutjss-52	38	6	experience	experience	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	7	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	38	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	38	9	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	10	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	38	12	where	where	SCONJ
esutjss-52	38	13	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	38	14	is	be	VERB
esutjss-52	38	15	abuse	abuse	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	16	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	38	17	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	18	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	38	19	some	some	DET
esutjss-52	38	20	governors	governor	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	21	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	38	22	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	38	23	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	38	24	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	38	25	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	26	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	27	147	147	NUM
esutjss-52	38	28	consequence	consequence	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	29	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	38	30	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	38	31	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	38	32	gives	give	VERB
esutjss-52	38	33	rise	rise	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	34	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	38	35	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	38	36	weakened	weaken	VERB
esutjss-52	38	37	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	38	38	environment	environment	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	39	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	38	40	does	do	AUX
esutjss-52	38	41	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	38	42	guarantee	guarantee	VERB
esutjss-52	38	43	solid	solid	ADJ
esutjss-52	38	44	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	38	45	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	46	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	47	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	38	48	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	38	49	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	50	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	38	51	exercise	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	38	52	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	53	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	38	54	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	38	55	affairs	affair	NOUN
esutjss-52	38	56	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	39	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	39	2	subservient	subservient	ADJ
esutjss-52	39	3	status	status	NOUN
esutjss-52	39	4	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	39	5	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	39	6	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	39	7	makes	make	VERB
esutjss-52	39	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	39	9	bossy	bossy	ADJ
esutjss-52	39	10	postures	posture	NOUN
esutjss-52	39	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	39	12	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	39	13	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	39	14	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	39	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	39	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	39	17	receives	receive	VERB
esutjss-52	39	18	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	39	19	boost	boost	NOUN
esutjss-52	39	20	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	40	1	meanwhile	meanwhile	ADV
esutjss-52	40	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	40	3	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	40	4	are	be	VERB
esutjss-52	40	5	divergent	divergent	ADJ
esutjss-52	40	6	opinions	opinion	NOUN
esutjss-52	40	7	about	about	ADP
esutjss-52	40	8	what	what	PRON
esutjss-52	40	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	40	10	dependency	dependency	NOUN
esutjss-52	40	11	status	status	NOUN
esutjss-52	40	12	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	40	13	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	40	14	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	40	15	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	40	16	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	40	17	tiers	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	40	18	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	40	19	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	40	20	portends	portend	VERB
esutjss-52	40	21	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	40	22	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	40	23	effective	effective	ADJ
esutjss-52	40	24	operation	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	40	25	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	41	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	41	2	debate	debate	NOUN
esutjss-52	41	3	exposes	expose	VERB
esutjss-52	41	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	41	5	supposedly	supposedly	ADV
esutjss-52	41	6	hindrances	hindrance	NOUN
esutjss-52	41	7	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	41	8	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	41	9	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	41	10	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	41	11	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	41	12	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	41	13	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	41	14	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	41	15	implications	implication	NOUN
esutjss-52	41	16	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	41	17	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	41	18	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	41	19	activities	activity	NOUN
esutjss-52	41	20	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	41	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	41	22	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	41	23	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	42	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	42	2	foregoing	forego	VERB
esutjss-52	42	3	concerns	concern	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	4	anchor	anchor	VERB
esutjss-52	42	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	42	6	glaring	glare	VERB
esutjss-52	42	7	divides	divide	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	8	among	among	ADP
esutjss-52	42	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	42	10	practitioners	practitioner	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	42	12	administrators	administrator	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	13	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	42	14	scholars	scholar	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	15	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	42	16	what	what	PRON
esutjss-52	42	17	constitutes	constitute	VERB
esutjss-52	42	18	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	42	19	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	20	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	21	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	42	22	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	42	23	benefits	benefit	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	24	associated	associate	VERB
esutjss-52	42	25	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	42	26	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	42	27	derived	derive	VERB
esutjss-52	42	28	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	42	29	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	42	30	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	31	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	32	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	42	33	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	42	34	challenges	challenge	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	35	inherent	inherent	ADJ
esutjss-52	42	36	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	42	37	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	42	38	sustenance	sustenance	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	39	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	42	40	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	42	41	dependent	dependent	ADJ
esutjss-52	42	42	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	42	43	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	44	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	45	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	42	46	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	42	47	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	42	48	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	42	49	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	43	1	either	either	CCONJ
esutjss-52	43	2	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	43	3	polarity	polarity	NOUN
esutjss-52	43	4	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	43	5	perception	perception	NOUN
esutjss-52	43	6	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	43	7	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	43	8	helped	help	VERB
esutjss-52	43	9	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	43	10	rationalize	rationalize	VERB
esutjss-52	43	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	43	12	challenges	challenge	NOUN
esutjss-52	43	13	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	43	14	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	43	15	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	43	16	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	43	17	inspired	inspire	VERB
esutjss-52	43	18	consensus	consensus	NOUN
esutjss-52	43	19	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	43	20	how	how	SCONJ
esutjss-52	43	21	best	good	ADJ
esutjss-52	43	22	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	43	23	solve	solve	VERB
esutjss-52	43	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	43	25	problems	problem	NOUN
esutjss-52	43	26	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	44	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	44	2	above	above	ADJ
esutjss-52	44	3	problem	problem	NOUN
esutjss-52	44	4	statement	statement	NOUN
esutjss-52	44	5	justifies	justify	VERB
esutjss-52	44	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	44	7	essence	essence	NOUN
esutjss-52	44	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	44	9	this	this	DET
esutjss-52	44	10	study	study	NOUN
esutjss-52	44	11	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	44	12	hence	hence	ADV
esutjss-52	44	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	44	14	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	44	15	need	need	NOUN
esutjss-52	44	16	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	44	17	explore	explore	VERB
esutjss-52	44	18	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	44	19	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	44	20	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	44	21	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	44	22	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	44	23	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	44	24	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	44	25	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	44	26	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	44	27	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	44	28	implications	implication	NOUN
esutjss-52	44	29	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	44	30	effective	effective	ADJ
esutjss-52	44	31	operations	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	44	32	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	44	33	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	44	34	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	44	35	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	45	1	conceptualizing	conceptualize	VERB
esutjss-52	45	2	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	45	3	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	45	4	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	45	5	is	be	VERB
esutjss-52	45	6	no	no	DET
esutjss-52	45	7	consensus	consensus	NOUN
esutjss-52	45	8	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	45	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	45	10	definition	definition	NOUN
esutjss-52	45	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	45	12	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	45	13	term	term	NOUN
esutjss-52	45	14	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	45	15	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	45	16	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	46	1	each	each	DET
esutjss-52	46	2	definition	definition	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	3	derives	derive	VERB
esutjss-52	46	4	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	46	5	substance	substance	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	6	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	46	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	46	8	nature	nature	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	9	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	46	10	subdivision	subdivision	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	46	12	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	46	13	units	unit	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	14	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	46	15	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	46	16	country	country	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	17	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	46	18	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	46	19	type	type	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	20	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	46	21	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	46	22	institutions	institution	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	23	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	46	24	authority	authority	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	25	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	26	put	put	VERB
esutjss-52	46	27	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	46	28	place	place	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	29	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	46	30	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	46	31	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	46	32	course	course	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	33	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	46	34	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	46	35	nature	nature	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	36	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	46	37	legal	legal	ADJ
esutjss-52	46	38	instrument	instrument	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	39	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	46	40	how	how	SCONJ
esutjss-52	46	41	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	46	42	applies	apply	VERB
esutjss-52	46	43	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	46	44	units	unit	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	45	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	46	46	authority	authority	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	47	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	46	48	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	46	49	layers	layer	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	50	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	46	51	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	52	process	process	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	53	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	46	54	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	46	55	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	46	56	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	47	1	essentially	essentially	ADV
esutjss-52	47	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	47	3	izueke	izueke	ADJ
esutjss-52	47	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	47	5	2010	2010	NUM
esutjss-52	47	6	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	47	7	argues	argue	VERB
esutjss-52	47	8	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	47	9	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	47	10	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	11	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	47	12	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	47	13	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	14	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	47	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	47	16	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	17	under	under	ADP
esutjss-52	47	18	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	47	19	communities	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	20	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	47	21	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	47	22	organized	organize	VERB
esutjss-52	47	23	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	47	24	maintain	maintain	VERB
esutjss-52	47	25	law	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	26	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	47	27	order	order	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	28	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	47	29	provide	provide	VERB
esutjss-52	47	30	some	some	DET
esutjss-52	47	31	limited	limited	ADJ
esutjss-52	47	32	range	range	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	33	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	47	34	social	social	ADJ
esutjss-52	47	35	services	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	36	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	47	37	encourage	encourage	VERB
esutjss-52	47	38	cooperation	cooperation	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	39	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	47	40	participation	participation	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	41	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	47	42	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	47	43	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	44	towards	towards	ADP
esutjss-52	47	45	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	47	46	improvement	improvement	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	47	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	47	48	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	47	49	conditions	condition	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	50	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	47	51	living	living	NOUN
esutjss-52	47	52	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	48	1	buttressing	buttress	VERB
esutjss-52	48	2	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	48	3	foregoing	forego	VERB
esutjss-52	48	4	definition	definition	NOUN
esutjss-52	48	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	48	6	abada	abada	PROPN
esutjss-52	48	7	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	48	8	2007	2007	NUM
esutjss-52	48	9	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	48	10	posits	posit	NOUN
esutjss-52	48	11	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	48	12	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	48	13	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	48	14	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	48	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	48	16	tier	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	48	17	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	48	18	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	48	19	closest	close	ADJ
esutjss-52	48	20	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	48	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	48	22	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	48	23	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	48	24	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	48	25	has	have	VERB
esutjss-52	48	26	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	48	27	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	48	28	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	48	29	exercise	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	48	30	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	48	31	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	48	32	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	48	33	affairs	affair	NOUN
esutjss-52	48	34	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	48	35	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	48	36	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	48	37	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	48	38	area	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	48	39	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	48	40	jurisdiction	jurisdiction	NOUN
esutjss-52	48	41	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	49	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	49	2	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	49	3	exercised	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	49	4	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	49	5	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	49	6	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	49	7	gained	gain	VERB
esutjss-52	49	8	first	first	ADV
esutjss-52	49	9	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	49	10	foremost	foremost	ADJ
esutjss-52	49	11	recognition	recognition	NOUN
esutjss-52	49	12	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	49	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	49	14	guidelines	guideline	NOUN
esutjss-52	49	15	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	49	16	implementation	implementation	NOUN
esutjss-52	49	17	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	49	18	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	49	19	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	49	20	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	49	21	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	49	22	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	49	23	erero	erero	NOUN
esutjss-52	49	24	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	49	25	1997	1997	NUM
esutjss-52	49	26	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	49	27	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	50	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	50	2	ranges	range	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	50	4	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	5	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	50	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	50	7	document	document	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	8	conferred	confer	VERB
esutjss-52	50	9	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	50	10	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	50	11	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	50	12	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	13	can	can	AUX
esutjss-52	50	14	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	50	15	divided	divide	VERB
esutjss-52	50	16	into	into	ADP
esutjss-52	50	17	four	four	NUM
esutjss-52	50	18	categories	category	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	19	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	50	20	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	50	21	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	22	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	50	23	emphases	emphasis	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	24	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	50	25	such	such	ADJ
esutjss-52	50	26	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	50	27	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	28	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	50	29	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	50	30			NOUN
esutjss-52	50	31	exercise	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	50	32	substantial	substantial	ADJ
esutjss-52	50	33	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	34	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	50	35	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	50	36	affairs	affair	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	37	as	as	ADV
esutjss-52	50	38	well	well	ADV
esutjss-52	50	39	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	50	40	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	50	41	staff	staff	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	42	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	50	43			NOUN
esutjss-52	50	44	exercise	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	50	45	institutional	institutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	50	46	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	50	47	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	50	48	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	49	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	50	50	initiate	initiate	VERB
esutjss-52	50	51	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	50	52	direct	direct	VERB
esutjss-52	50	53	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	50	54	provision	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	55	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	50	56	services	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	57	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	50	58			NOUN
esutjss-52	50	59	determine	determine	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	60	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	50	61	implement	implement	VERB
esutjss-52	50	62	projects	project	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	63	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	50	64	complement	complement	VERB
esutjss-52	50	65	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	50	66	activities	activity	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	67	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	50	68	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	50	69	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	70	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	50	71	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	50	72	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	73	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	50	74	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	50	75	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	76	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	50	77	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	50	78			NOUN
esutjss-52	50	79	ensure	ensure	VERB
esutjss-52	50	80	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	50	81	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	50	82	devolution	devolution	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	83	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	50	84	these	these	DET
esutjss-52	50	85	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	86	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	50	87	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	50	88	councils	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	89	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	50	90	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	50	91	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	50	92	active	active	ADJ
esutjss-52	50	93	participation	participation	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	94	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	50	95	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	50	96	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	97	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	50	98	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	50	99	traditional	traditional	ADJ
esutjss-52	50	100	institution	institution	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	101	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	50	102	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	50	103	initiative	initiative	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	104	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	50	105	response	response	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	106	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	50	107	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	50	108	needs	need	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	109	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	50	110	conditions	condition	NOUN
esutjss-52	50	111	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	50	112	maximized	maximize	VERB
esutjss-52	50	113	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	50	114	kayode	kayode	PROPN
esutjss-52	50	115	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	50	116	2013:3	2013:3	NUM
esutjss-52	50	117	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	50	118	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	51	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	51	2	essence	essence	NOUN
esutjss-52	51	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	51	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	51	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	51	6	provides	provide	VERB
esutjss-52	51	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	51	8	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	51	9	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	51	10	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	51	11	formal	formal	ADJ
esutjss-52	51	12	organizational	organizational	ADJ
esutjss-52	51	13	framework	framework	NOUN
esutjss-52	51	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	51	15	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	51	16	enables	enable	VERB
esutjss-52	51	17	them	they	PRON
esutjss-52	51	18	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	51	19	conduct	conduct	VERB
esutjss-52	51	20	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	51	21	affairs	affair	NOUN
esutjss-52	51	22	effectively	effectively	ADV
esutjss-52	51	23	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	51	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	51	25	general	general	ADJ
esutjss-52	51	26	good	good	NOUN
esutjss-52	51	27	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	52	1	what	what	PRON
esutjss-52	52	2	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	52	3	portends	portend	VERB
esutjss-52	52	4	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	52	5	according	accord	VERB
esutjss-52	52	6	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	52	7	abubakar	abubakar	PROPN
esutjss-52	52	8	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	52	9	2010	2010	NUM
esutjss-52	52	10	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	52	11	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	52	12	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	52	13	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	52	14	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	52	15	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	52	16	governmental	governmental	ADJ
esutjss-52	52	17	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	52	18	units	unit	NOUN
esutjss-52	52	19	'	'	PART
esutjss-52	52	20	closest	close	ADJ
esutjss-52	52	21	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	52	22	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	52	23	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	52	24	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	52	25	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	52	26	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	52	27	general	general	ADJ
esutjss-52	52	28	parlance	parlance	NOUN
esutjss-52	52	29	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	52	30	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	52	31	grassroots	grassroot	NOUN
esutjss-52	52	32	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	53	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	53	2	additional	additional	ADJ
esutjss-52	53	3	implication	implication	NOUN
esutjss-52	53	4	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	53	5	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	53	6	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	53	7	devolves	devolve	VERB
esutjss-52	53	8	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	53	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	53	10	national	national	ADJ
esutjss-52	53	11	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	53	12	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	53	13	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	53	14	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	53	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	53	16	localities	locality	NOUN
esutjss-52	53	17	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	53	18	order	order	NOUN
esutjss-52	53	19	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	53	20	accommodate	accommodate	VERB
esutjss-52	53	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	53	22	interests	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	53	23	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	53	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	53	25	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	53	26	setting	setting	NOUN
esutjss-52	53	27	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	53	28	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	53	29	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	53	30	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	53	31	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	54	1	alo	alo	PROPN
esutjss-52	54	2	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	54	3	2012	2012	NUM
esutjss-52	54	4	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	54	5	alludes	allude	VERB
esutjss-52	54	6	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	54	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	54	8	foregoing	forego	VERB
esutjss-52	54	9	assertion	assertion	NOUN
esutjss-52	54	10	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	54	11	notes	note	NOUN
esutjss-52	54	12	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	54	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	54	14	states	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	54	15	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	54	16	nations	nation	NOUN
esutjss-52	54	17	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	54	18	aspire	aspire	VERB
esutjss-52	54	19	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	54	20	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	54	21	have	have	VERB
esutjss-52	54	22	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	54	23	ensure	ensure	VERB
esutjss-52	54	24	decentralization	decentralization	NOUN
esutjss-52	54	25	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	54	26	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	54	27	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	54	28	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	54	29	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	54	30	lower	low	ADJ
esutjss-52	54	31	levels	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	54	32	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	54	33	accommodate	accommodate	VERB
esutjss-52	54	34	grassroots	grassroot	NOUN
esutjss-52	54	35	needs	need	NOUN
esutjss-52	54	36	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	54	37	interests	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	54	38	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	1	ugwu	ugwu	ADV
esutjss-52	55	2	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	3	2017	2017	NUM
esutjss-52	55	4	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	5	extrapolates	extrapolate	VERB
esutjss-52	55	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	55	7	notion	notion	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	55	9	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	10	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	11	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	55	12	catalysts	catalyst	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	13	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	55	14	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	15	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	16	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	55	17	many	many	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	18	societies	society	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	19	especially	especially	ADV
esutjss-52	55	20	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	55	21	developing	develop	VERB
esutjss-52	55	22	countries	country	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	23	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	55	24	thus	thus	ADV
esutjss-52	55	25	defines	define	VERB
esutjss-52	55	26	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	27	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	28	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	55	29	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	55	30	perspective	perspective	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	31	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	55	32	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	55	33	composite	composite	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	34	nature	nature	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	35	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	55	36	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	37	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	55	38	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	39	subdivision	subdivision	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	40	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	55	41	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	55	42	polity	polity	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	43	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	44	whether	whether	SCONJ
esutjss-52	55	45	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	46	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	47	unitary	unitary	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	48	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	55	49	con	con	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	50	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	51	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	52	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	53	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	54	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	55	55	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	55	56	constituted	constitute	VERB
esutjss-52	55	57	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	55	58	law	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	59	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	60	either	either	CCONJ
esutjss-52	55	61	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	55	62	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	55	63	constitution	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	64	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	65	decree	decree	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	66	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	55	67	edict	edict	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	68	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	69	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	55	70	has	have	VERB
esutjss-52	55	71	substantial	substantial	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	72	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	73	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	55	74	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	75	affairs	affair	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	76	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	77	including	include	VERB
esutjss-52	55	78	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	55	79	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	80	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	55	81	make	make	VERB
esutjss-52	55	82	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	55	83	enforce	enforce	VERB
esutjss-52	55	84	laws	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	85	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	86	has	have	VERB
esutjss-52	55	87	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	55	88	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	89	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	55	90	raise	raise	VERB
esutjss-52	55	91	revenue	revenue	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	92	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	55	93	tax	tax	VERB
esutjss-52	55	94	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	55	95	populace	populace	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	96	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	55	97	exert	exert	VERB
esutjss-52	55	98	labour	labour	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	99	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	55	100	prescribed	prescribed	ADJ
esutjss-52	55	101	purpose	purpose	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	102	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	55	103	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	55	104	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	105	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	55	106	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	55	107	area	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	108	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	109	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	110	p.21	p.21	NOUN
esutjss-52	55	111	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	55	112	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	56	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	56	2	particular	particular	ADJ
esutjss-52	56	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	56	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	56	5	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	56	6	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	56	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	56	8	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	56	9	refers	refer	VERB
esutjss-52	56	10	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	56	11	this	this	DET
esutjss-52	56	12	idea	idea	NOUN
esutjss-52	56	13	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	56	14	thus	thus	ADV
esutjss-52	56	15	defines	define	VERB
esutjss-52	56	16	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	56	17	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	56	18	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	56	19	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	56	20	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	56	21	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	56	22	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	56	23	exercised	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	56	24	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	56	25	representative	representative	ADJ
esutjss-52	56	26	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	56	27	established	establish	VERB
esutjss-52	56	28	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	56	29	law	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	56	30	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	56	31	exercise	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	56	32	specific	specific	ADJ
esutjss-52	56	33	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	56	34	within	within	ADP
esutjss-52	56	35	defined	define	VERB
esutjss-52	56	36	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	56	37	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	56	38	agharese	agharese	ADJ
esutjss-52	56	39	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	56	40	1984:23	1984:23	NUM
esutjss-52	56	41	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	56	42	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	57	1	therefore	therefore	ADV
esutjss-52	57	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	57	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	57	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	57	5	appears	appear	VERB
esutjss-52	57	6	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	57	7	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	57	8	that	that	DET
esutjss-52	57	9	part	part	NOUN
esutjss-52	57	10	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	57	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	57	12	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	57	13	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	57	14	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	57	15	nation	nation	NOUN
esutjss-52	57	16	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	57	17	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	57	18	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	57	19	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	57	20	deals	deal	VERB
esutjss-52	57	21	mainly	mainly	ADV
esutjss-52	57	22	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	57	23	such	such	ADJ
esutjss-52	57	24	matters	matter	NOUN
esutjss-52	57	25	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	57	26	concern	concern	VERB
esutjss-52	57	27	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	57	28	inhabitants	inhabitant	NOUN
esutjss-52	57	29	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	57	30	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	57	31	particular	particular	ADJ
esutjss-52	57	32	district	district	NOUN
esutjss-52	57	33	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	57	34	place	place	NOUN
esutjss-52	57	35	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	57	36	nworji	nworji	NOUN
esutjss-52	57	37	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	57	38	2004	2004	NUM
esutjss-52	57	39	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	57	40	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	58	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	58	2	addition	addition	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	58	4	adeyeye	adeyeye	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	58	6	2000	2000	NUM
esutjss-52	58	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	58	8	states	state	VERB
esutjss-52	58	9	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	58	10	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	58	11	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	12	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	58	13	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	58	14	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	15	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	58	16	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	58	17	bodies	body	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	18	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	58	19	freely	freely	ADV
esutjss-52	58	20	elected	elect	VERB
esutjss-52	58	21	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	58	22	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	58	23	while	while	SCONJ
esutjss-52	58	24	subject	subject	ADJ
esutjss-52	58	25	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	58	26	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	58	27	supremacy	supremacy	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	28	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	58	29	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	58	30	national	national	ADJ
esutjss-52	58	31	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	58	32	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	58	33	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	34	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	58	35	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	36	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	58	37	endowed	endow	VERB
esutjss-52	58	38	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	58	39	some	some	DET
esutjss-52	58	40	respect	respect	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	41	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	58	42	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	43	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	58	44	discretion	discretion	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	45	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	58	46	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	47	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	58	48	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	58	49	they	they	PRON
esutjss-52	58	50	can	can	AUX
esutjss-52	58	51	exercise	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	58	52	without	without	ADP
esutjss-52	58	53	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	54	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	58	55	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	58	56	decision	decision	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	57	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	58	58	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	58	59	higher	high	ADJ
esutjss-52	58	60	authority	authority	NOUN
esutjss-52	58	61	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	59	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	59	2	buttresses	buttress	VERB
esutjss-52	59	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	59	4	status	status	NOUN
esutjss-52	59	5	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	59	6	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	59	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	59	8	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	59	9	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	59	10	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	59	11	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	59	12	relations	relation	NOUN
esutjss-52	59	13	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	59	14	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	59	15	tiers	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	59	16	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	59	17	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	59	18	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	60	1	thus	thus	ADV
esutjss-52	60	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	60	3	status	status	NOUN
esutjss-52	60	4	involves	involve	VERB
esutjss-52	60	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	60	6	coordination	coordination	NOUN
esutjss-52	60	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	60	8	both	both	CCONJ
esutjss-52	60	9	human	human	ADJ
esutjss-52	60	10	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	60	11	material	material	ADJ
esutjss-52	60	12	resources	resource	NOUN
esutjss-52	60	13	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	60	14	each	each	DET
esutjss-52	60	15	locality	locality	NOUN
esutjss-52	60	16	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	60	17	representative	representative	ADJ
esutjss-52	60	18	body	body	NOUN
esutjss-52	60	19	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	60	20	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	60	21	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	60	22	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	60	23	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	60	24	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	60	25	elected	elect	VERB
esutjss-52	60	26	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	60	27	appointed	appoint	VERB
esutjss-52	60	28	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	61	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	61	2	consonance	consonance	NOUN
esutjss-52	61	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	61	4	chukwuemeka	chukwuemeka	PROPN
esutjss-52	61	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	61	6	ugwuanyi	ugwuanyi	PROPN
esutjss-52	61	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	61	8	okolo	okolo	PROPN
esutjss-52	61	9	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	61	10	onuoha	onuoha	PROPN
esutjss-52	61	11	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	61	12	2014:307	2014:307	X
esutjss-52	61	13	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	61	14	argue	argue	VERB
esutjss-52	61	15	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	61	16	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	61	17	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	61	18	generally	generally	ADV
esutjss-52	61	19	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	61	20	conceived	conceive	VERB
esutjss-52	61	21	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	61	22	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	61	23	form	form	NOUN
esutjss-52	61	24	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	61	25	public	public	ADJ
esutjss-52	61	26	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	61	27	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	61	28	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	61	29	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	61	30	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	61	31	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	61	32	majority	majority	NOUN
esutjss-52	61	33	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	61	34	contexts	context	NOUN
esutjss-52	61	35	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	61	36	exists	exist	VERB
esutjss-52	61	37	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	61	38	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	61	39	lowest	low	ADJ
esutjss-52	61	40	tier	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	61	41	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	61	42	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	61	43	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	61	44	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	61	45	governmental	governmental	ADJ
esutjss-52	61	46	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	61	47	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	62	1	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	62	2	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	62	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	62	4	above	above	ADJ
esutjss-52	62	5	definitions	definition	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	6	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	62	7	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	62	8	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	9	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	62	10	scholars	scholar	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	62	12	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	62	13	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	62	14	possible	possible	ADJ
esutjss-52	62	15	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	62	16	collate	collate	VERB
esutjss-52	62	17	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	62	18	distinguishing	distinguish	VERB
esutjss-52	62	19	features	feature	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	62	21	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	62	22	summarize	summarize	VERB
esutjss-52	62	23	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	62	24	fact	fact	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	25	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	62	26	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	62	27	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	62	28	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	29	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	62	30			NOUN
esutjss-52	62	31	operates	operate	VERB
esutjss-52	62	32	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	62	33	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	62	34	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	62	35	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	62	36	grassroots	grassroots	ADJ
esutjss-52	62	37	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	38	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	62	39			NOUN
esutjss-52	62	40	operates	operate	VERB
esutjss-52	62	41	within	within	ADP
esutjss-52	62	42	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	62	43	defined	define	VERB
esutjss-52	62	44	geographical	geographical	ADJ
esutjss-52	62	45	area	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	46	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	62	47			PRON
esutjss-52	62	48	has	have	VERB
esutjss-52	62	49	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	62	50	relative	relative	ADJ
esutjss-52	62	51	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	52	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	62	53	independence	independence	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	54	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	62	55			PRON
esutjss-52	62	56	has	have	VERB
esutjss-52	62	57	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	62	58	range	range	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	59	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	62	60	constitutionally	constitutionally	ADV
esutjss-52	62	61	delineated	delineate	VERB
esutjss-52	62	62	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	63	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	62	64	perform	perform	VERB
esutjss-52	62	65	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	62	66	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	62	67			NOUN
esutjss-52	62	68	has	have	VERB
esutjss-52	62	69	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	62	70	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	71	composed	compose	VERB
esutjss-52	62	72	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	62	73	elected	elect	VERB
esutjss-52	62	74	representatives	representative	NOUN
esutjss-52	62	75	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	63	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	63	2	features	feature	NOUN
esutjss-52	63	3	listed	list	VERB
esutjss-52	63	4	above	above	ADP
esutjss-52	63	5	partly	partly	ADV
esutjss-52	63	6	compare	compare	VERB
esutjss-52	63	7	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	63	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	63	9	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN
esutjss-52	63	10	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	63	11	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	63	12	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	63	13	identified	identify	VERB
esutjss-52	63	14	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	63	15	ezeani	ezeani	PROPN
esutjss-52	63	16	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	63	17	2004	2004	NUM
esutjss-52	63	18	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	63	19	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	63	20	substantially	substantially	ADV
esutjss-52	63	21	represent	represent	VERB
esutjss-52	63	22	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	63	23	larger	large	ADJ
esutjss-52	63	24	context	context	NOUN
esutjss-52	63	25	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	63	26	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	63	27	scholars	scholar	NOUN
esutjss-52	63	28	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	63	29	practitioners	practitioner	NOUN
esutjss-52	63	30	perceive	perceive	ADJ
esutjss-52	63	31	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	63	32	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	63	33	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	63	34	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	64	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	64	2	perception	perception	NOUN
esutjss-52	64	3	conforms	conform	VERB
esutjss-52	64	4	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	64	5	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	64	6	roles	role	NOUN
esutjss-52	64	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	64	8	resource	resource	NOUN
esutjss-52	64	9	mobilization	mobilization	NOUN
esutjss-52	64	10	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	64	11	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	64	12	transformation	transformation	NOUN
esutjss-52	64	13	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	64	14	developing	develop	VERB
esutjss-52	64	15	economies	economy	NOUN
esutjss-52	64	16	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	65	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	65	2	underscores	underscore	VERB
esutjss-52	65	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	65	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	65	5	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	65	6	149	149	NUM
esutjss-52	65	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	65	8	reason	reason	NOUN
esutjss-52	65	9	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	65	10	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	65	11	persistent	persistent	ADJ
esutjss-52	65	12	clarion	clarion	NOUN
esutjss-52	65	13	calls	call	VERB
esutjss-52	65	14	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	65	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	65	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	65	17	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	65	18	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	65	19	every	every	DET
esutjss-52	65	20	ramification	ramification	NOUN
esutjss-52	65	21	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	65	22	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	65	23	enhance	enhance	VERB
esutjss-52	65	24	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	65	25	efficiency	efficiency	NOUN
esutjss-52	65	26	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	65	27	operation	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	65	28	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	65	29	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	65	30	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	65	31	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	65	32	activities	activity	NOUN
esutjss-52	65	33	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	66	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	66	2	frequently	frequently	ADV
esutjss-52	66	3	politicized	politicize	VERB
esutjss-52	66	4	call	call	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	5	hinges	hinge	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	6	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	66	7	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	66	8	uniqueness	uniqueness	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	9	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	66	10	several	several	ADJ
esutjss-52	66	11	ways	way	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	12	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	66	13			NOUN
esutjss-52	66	14	localness	localness	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	15	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	66	16			PRON
esutjss-52	66	17	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	66	18	has	have	VERB
esutjss-52	66	19	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	66	20	legal	legal	ADJ
esutjss-52	66	21	existence	existence	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	22	enshrined	enshrine	VERB
esutjss-52	66	23	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	66	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	66	25	constitution	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	26	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	66	27			PRON
esutjss-52	66	28	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	66	29	engages	engage	VERB
esutjss-52	66	30	substantial	substantial	ADJ
esutjss-52	66	31	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	32	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	66	33			PRON
esutjss-52	66	34	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	66	35	exists	exist	VERB
esutjss-52	66	36	within	within	ADP
esutjss-52	66	37	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	66	38	defined	define	VERB
esutjss-52	66	39	territory	territory	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	40	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	66	41			PRON
esutjss-52	66	42	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	66	43	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	44	exercises	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	66	45	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	66	46	authority	authority	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	47	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	66	48	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	66	49	given	give	VERB
esutjss-52	66	50	population	population	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	51	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	66	52			PRON
esutjss-52	66	53	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	66	54	exercises	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	66	55	specific	specific	ADJ
esutjss-52	66	56	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	57	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	66	58	performs	perform	VERB
esutjss-52	66	59	specific	specific	ADJ
esutjss-52	66	60	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	61	allowed	allow	VERB
esutjss-52	66	62	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	66	63	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	66	64	constitution	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	66	65	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	67	1			PUNCT
esutjss-52	68	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	68	2	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	68	3	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	68	4	composed	compose	VERB
esutjss-52	68	5	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	68	6	elected	elect	VERB
esutjss-52	68	7	representatives	representative	NOUN
esutjss-52	68	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	68	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	68	10	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	68	11	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	68	12	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	68	13	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	68	14			PRON
esutjss-52	68	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	68	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	68	17	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	68	18	bureaucratized	bureaucratize	VERB
esutjss-52	68	19	into	into	ADP
esutjss-52	68	20	departments	department	NOUN
esutjss-52	68	21	divisions	division	NOUN
esutjss-52	68	22	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	68	23	units	unit	NOUN
esutjss-52	68	24	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	69	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	69	2	connecting	connect	VERB
esutjss-52	69	3	thread	thread	NOUN
esutjss-52	69	4	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	69	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	69	6	preceding	precede	VERB
esutjss-52	69	7	definitions	definition	NOUN
esutjss-52	69	8	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	69	9	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	69	10	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	69	11	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	69	12	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	69	13	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	69	14	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	69	15	subdivision	subdivision	NOUN
esutjss-52	69	16	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	69	17	established	establish	VERB
esutjss-52	69	18	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	69	19	law	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	69	20	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	69	21	serve	serve	VERB
esutjss-52	69	22	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	69	23	purposes	purpose	NOUN
esutjss-52	69	24	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	69	25	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	69	26	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	69	27	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	69	28	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	69	29	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	69	30	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	70	1	these	these	DET
esutjss-52	70	2	ideals	ideal	NOUN
esutjss-52	70	3	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	70	4	articulated	articulate	VERB
esutjss-52	70	5	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	70	6	several	several	ADJ
esutjss-52	70	7	documents	document	NOUN
esutjss-52	70	8	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	70	9	scholars	scholar	NOUN
esutjss-52	70	10	share	share	VERB
esutjss-52	70	11	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	70	12	hold	hold	VERB
esutjss-52	70	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	70	14	viewpoints	viewpoint	NOUN
esutjss-52	70	15	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	70	16	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	70	17	study	study	NOUN
esutjss-52	70	18	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	71	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	71	2	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	71	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	71	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	6	listed	list	VERB
esutjss-52	71	7	above	above	ADP
esutjss-52	71	8	lend	lend	VERB
esutjss-52	71	9	credence	credence	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	10	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	71	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	71	12	third	third	ADJ
esutjss-52	71	13	tier	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	14	status	status	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	15	conferred	confer	VERB
esutjss-52	71	16	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	71	17	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	71	18	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	19	due	due	ADP
esutjss-52	71	20	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	71	21	important	important	ADJ
esutjss-52	71	22	roles	role	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	23	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	71	24	plays	play	VERB
esutjss-52	71	25	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	71	26	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	27	process	process	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	28	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	71	29	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	71	30	terms	term	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	31	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	71	32	bridging	bridge	VERB
esutjss-52	71	33	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	71	34	gap	gap	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	35	between	between	ADP
esutjss-52	71	36	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	71	37	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	71	38	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	71	39	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	40	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	41	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	71	42	addressing	address	VERB
esutjss-52	71	43	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	71	44	needs	need	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	45	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	71	46	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	71	47	filling	fill	VERB
esutjss-52	71	48	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	49	vacuum	vacuum	NOUN
esutjss-52	71	50	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	72	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	72	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	72	3	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	72	4	since	since	SCONJ
esutjss-52	72	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	72	6	inception	inception	NOUN
esutjss-52	72	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	72	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	72	9	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	72	10	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	72	11	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	72	12	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	72	13	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	72	14	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	72	15	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	72	16	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	72	17	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	72	18	been	be	AUX
esutjss-52	72	19	persistent	persistent	ADJ
esutjss-52	72	20	clamour	clamour	NOUN
esutjss-52	72	21	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	72	22	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	72	23	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	72	24	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	72	25	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	72	26	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	72	27	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	72	28	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	72	29	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	72	30	third	third	ADJ
esutjss-52	72	31	tier	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	72	32	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	72	33	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	72	34	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	72	35	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	72	36	federation	federation	NOUN
esutjss-52	72	37	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	72	38	eme	eme	PROPN
esutjss-52	72	39	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	72	40	izueke	izueke	ADJ
esutjss-52	72	41	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	72	42	2013	2013	NUM
esutjss-52	72	43	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	72	44	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	73	1	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	73	2	implies	imply	VERB
esutjss-52	73	3	ability	ability	NOUN
esutjss-52	73	4	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	73	5	an	an	DET
esutjss-52	73	6	institution	institution	NOUN
esutjss-52	73	7	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	73	8	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	73	9	independent	independent	ADJ
esutjss-52	73	10	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	73	11	external	external	ADJ
esutjss-52	73	12	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	73	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	73	14	free	free	ADJ
esutjss-52	73	15	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	73	16	any	any	DET
esutjss-52	73	17	encumbrance	encumbrance	NOUN
esutjss-52	73	18	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	73	19	decision	decision	NOUN
esutjss-52	73	20	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	73	21	making	making	NOUN
esutjss-52	73	22	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	73	23	as	as	ADV
esutjss-52	73	24	well	well	ADV
esutjss-52	73	25	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	73	26	funding	funding	NOUN
esutjss-52	73	27	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	73	28	enforcement	enforcement	NOUN
esutjss-52	73	29	action	action	NOUN
esutjss-52	73	30	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	74	1	therefore	therefore	ADV
esutjss-52	74	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	74	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	74	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	74	5	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	74	6	connotes	connote	VERB
esutjss-52	74	7	situation	situation	NOUN
esutjss-52	74	8	where	where	SCONJ
esutjss-52	74	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	74	10	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	74	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	74	12	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	74	13	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	74	14	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	74	15	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	74	16	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	74	17	tied	tie	VERB
esutjss-52	74	18	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	74	19	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	74	20	higher	high	ADJ
esutjss-52	74	21	authority	authority	NOUN
esutjss-52	74	22	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	74	23	subordinated	subordinate	VERB
esutjss-52	74	24	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	74	25	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	74	26	dictates	dictate	NOUN
esutjss-52	74	27	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	74	28	any	any	DET
esutjss-52	74	29	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	74	30	tier	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	74	31	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	74	32	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	74	33	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	74	34	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	74	35	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	74	36	states	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	74	37	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	74	38	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	74	39	independent	independent	ADJ
esutjss-52	74	40	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	74	41	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	74	42	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	74	43	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	74	44	every	every	DET
esutjss-52	74	45	ramification	ramification	NOUN
esutjss-52	74	46	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	75	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	75	2	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	75	3	relates	relate	VERB
esutjss-52	75	4	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	75	5	self	self	NOUN
esutjss-52	75	6	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	75	7	determination	determination	NOUN
esutjss-52	75	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	75	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	75	10	structure	structure	NOUN
esutjss-52	75	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	75	12	personnel	personnel	NOUN
esutjss-52	75	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	75	14	operation	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	75	15	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	75	16	discipline	discipline	NOUN
esutjss-52	75	17	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	75	18	funding	funding	NOUN
esutjss-52	75	19	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	75	20	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	75	21	activities	activity	NOUN
esutjss-52	75	22	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	75	23	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	75	24	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	75	25	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	75	26	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	76	1	ogunna	ogunna	PROPN
esutjss-52	76	2	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	76	3	1996	1996	NUM
esutjss-52	76	4	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	76	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	76	6	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	76	7	okafor	okafor	PROPN
esutjss-52	76	8	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	76	9	2010	2010	NUM
esutjss-52	76	10	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	76	11	succinctly	succinctly	ADV
esutjss-52	76	12	submits	submit	VERB
esutjss-52	76	13	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	76	14	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	76	15	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	76	16	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	76	17	means	mean	VERB
esutjss-52	76	18	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	76	19	freedom	freedom	NOUN
esutjss-52	76	20	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	76	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	76	22	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	76	23	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	76	24	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	76	25	recruit	recruit	VERB
esutjss-52	76	26	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	76	27	manage	manage	VERB
esutjss-52	76	28	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	76	29	own	own	ADJ
esutjss-52	76	30	staff	staff	NOUN
esutjss-52	76	31	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	76	32	raise	raise	VERB
esutjss-52	76	33	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	76	34	manage	manage	VERB
esutjss-52	76	35	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	76	36	own	own	ADJ
esutjss-52	76	37	finances	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	76	38	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	76	39	make	make	VERB
esutjss-52	76	40	bylaws	bylaw	NOUN
esutjss-52	76	41	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	76	42	policies	policy	NOUN
esutjss-52	76	43	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	76	44	discharge	discharge	VERB
esutjss-52	76	45	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	76	46	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	76	47	as	as	SCONJ
esutjss-52	76	48	provided	provide	VERB
esutjss-52	76	49	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	76	50	law	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	76	51	without	without	ADP
esutjss-52	76	52	interference	interference	NOUN
esutjss-52	76	53	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	76	54	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	76	55	higher	high	ADJ
esutjss-52	76	56	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	76	57	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	77	1	however	however	ADV
esutjss-52	77	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	77	3	this	this	DET
esutjss-52	77	4	freedom	freedom	NOUN
esutjss-52	77	5	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	77	6	been	be	AUX
esutjss-52	77	7	impracticable	impracticable	ADJ
esutjss-52	77	8	across	across	ADP
esutjss-52	77	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	77	10	stages	stage	NOUN
esutjss-52	77	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	77	12	evolution	evolution	NOUN
esutjss-52	77	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	77	14	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	77	15	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	77	16	history	history	NOUN
esutjss-52	77	17	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	77	18	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	77	19	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	77	20	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	77	21	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	77	22	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	77	23	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	77	24	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	77	25	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	78	1	both	both	PRON
esutjss-52	78	2	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	78	3	theory	theory	NOUN
esutjss-52	78	4	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	78	5	especially	especially	ADV
esutjss-52	78	6	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	78	7	practice	practice	NOUN
esutjss-52	78	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	78	9	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	78	10	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	78	11	easy	easy	ADJ
esutjss-52	78	12	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	78	13	find	find	VERB
esutjss-52	78	14	some	some	PRON
esutjss-52	78	15	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	78	16	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	78	17	evidences	evidence	NOUN
esutjss-52	78	18	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	78	19	literature	literature	NOUN
esutjss-52	78	20	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	79	1	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	79	2	example	example	NOUN
esutjss-52	79	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	79	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	79	5	history	history	NOUN
esutjss-52	79	6	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	79	7	evolution	evolution	NOUN
esutjss-52	79	8	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	79	9	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	79	10	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	79	11	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	79	12	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	79	13	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	79	14	replete	replete	ADJ
esutjss-52	79	15	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	79	16	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	79	17	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	79	18	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	79	19	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	79	20	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	79	21	attendant	attendant	NOUN
esutjss-52	79	22	suppressed	suppress	VERB
esutjss-52	79	23	performance	performance	NOUN
esutjss-52	79	24	implications	implication	NOUN
esutjss-52	79	25	while	while	SCONJ
esutjss-52	79	26	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	79	27	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	79	28	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	79	29	still	still	ADV
esutjss-52	79	30	mired	mire	VERB
esutjss-52	79	31	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	79	32	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	79	33	controversy	controversy	NOUN
esutjss-52	79	34	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	1	aghayere	aghayere	VERB
esutjss-52	80	2	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	3	1997	1997	NUM
esutjss-52	80	4	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	6	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	80	7	oviasuyi	oviasuyi	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	9	idada	idada	PROPN
esutjss-52	80	10	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	80	11	isiraojie	isiraojie	PROPN
esutjss-52	80	12	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	13	2010	2010	NUM
esutjss-52	80	14	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	15	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	16	posits	posit	VERB
esutjss-52	80	17	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	80	18	four	four	NUM
esutjss-52	80	19	points	point	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	20	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	80	21	historical	historical	ADJ
esutjss-52	80	22	reference	reference	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	23	could	could	AUX
esutjss-52	80	24	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	80	25	identified	identify	VERB
esutjss-52	80	26	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	80	27	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	80	28	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	29	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	80	30	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	80	31	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	32	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	33	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	80	34	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	80	35	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	36	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	80	37	includes	include	VERB
esutjss-52	80	38	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	39	i	i	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	40	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	41	colonial	colonial	ADJ
esutjss-52	80	42	rule	rule	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	43	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	44	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	45	ii	ii	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	46	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	47	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	80	48	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	49	reforms	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	50	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	80	51	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	80	52	east	east	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	53	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	54	1951	1951	NUM
esutjss-52	80	55	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	56	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	80	57	west	west	PROPN
esutjss-52	80	58	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	59	1952	1952	NUM
esutjss-52	80	60	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	61	respectively	respectively	ADV
esutjss-52	80	62	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	63	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	64	iii	iii	X
esutjss-52	80	65	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	66	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	80	67	military	military	ADJ
esutjss-52	80	68	coup	coup	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	69	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	80	70	1966	1966	NUM
esutjss-52	80	71	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	72	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	80	73	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	74	iv	iv	X
esutjss-52	80	75	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	80	76	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	80	77	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	80	78	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	80	79	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	80	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	80	81	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	81	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	81	2	implication	implication	NOUN
esutjss-52	81	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	81	4	therefore	therefore	ADV
esutjss-52	81	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	81	6	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	81	7	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	81	8	only	only	ADV
esutjss-52	81	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	81	10	pre	pre	ADJ
esutjss-52	81	11	-	-	ADJ
esutjss-52	81	12	colonial	colonial	ADJ
esutjss-52	81	13	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	81	14	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	81	15	native	native	ADJ
esutjss-52	81	16	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	81	17	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB
esutjss-52	81	18	relative	relative	ADJ
esutjss-52	81	19	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	81	20	before	before	ADP
esutjss-52	81	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	81	22	advent	advent	NOUN
esutjss-52	81	23	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	81	24	colonial	colonial	ADJ
esutjss-52	81	25	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	81	26	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	81	27	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	81	28	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	82	1	certainly	certainly	ADV
esutjss-52	82	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	82	3	divergent	divergent	ADJ
esutjss-52	82	4	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	82	5	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	82	6	infected	infect	VERB
esutjss-52	82	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	82	8	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	82	9	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	82	10	modern	modern	ADJ
esutjss-52	82	11	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	82	12	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	82	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	82	14	whereby	whereby	SCONJ
esutjss-52	82	15	every	every	DET
esutjss-52	82	16	successive	successive	ADJ
esutjss-52	82	17	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	82	18	subject	subject	VERB
esutjss-52	82	19	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	82	20	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	82	21	irreconcilable	irreconcilable	ADJ
esutjss-52	82	22	draconian	draconian	ADJ
esutjss-52	82	23	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	82	24	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	83	1	according	accord	VERB
esutjss-52	83	2	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	83	3	orewa	orewa	PROPN
esutjss-52	83	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	83	5	1986	1986	NUM
esutjss-52	83	6	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	83	7	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	83	8	ugwu	ugwu	ADV
esutjss-52	83	9	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	83	10	2017	2017	NUM
esutjss-52	83	11	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	83	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	83	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	83	14	guidelines	guideline	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	15	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	83	16	implementation	implementation	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	17	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	83	18	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	83	19	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	83	20	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	21	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	22	provided	provide	VERB
esutjss-52	83	23	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	83	24	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	83	25	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	26	must	must	AUX
esutjss-52	83	27	enjoy	enjoy	VERB
esutjss-52	83	28	substantial	substantial	ADJ
esutjss-52	83	29	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	30	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	83	31	perform	perform	VERB
esutjss-52	83	32	array	array	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	33	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	83	34	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	35	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	83	36	plan	plan	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	37	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	83	38	formulate	formulate	VERB
esutjss-52	83	39	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	83	40	execute	execute	VERB
esutjss-52	83	41	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	83	42	own	own	ADJ
esutjss-52	83	43	policies	policy	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	44	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	83	45	programmes	programme	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	46	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	83	47	projects	project	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	48	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	83	49	rules	rule	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	50	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	83	51	regulations	regulation	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	52	as	as	SCONJ
esutjss-52	83	53	deemed	deem	VERB
esutjss-52	83	54	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ
esutjss-52	83	55	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	83	56	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	83	57	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	83	58	needs	need	NOUN
esutjss-52	83	59	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	84	1	this	this	DET
esutjss-52	84	2	contrived	contrived	ADJ
esutjss-52	84	3	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	84	4	includes	include	VERB
esutjss-52	84	5	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	84	6	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	84	7	control	control	VERB
esutjss-52	84	8	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	84	9	finances	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	84	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	84	11	recruit	recruit	NOUN
esutjss-52	84	12	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	84	13	discipline	discipline	VERB
esutjss-52	84	14	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	84	15	staff	staff	NOUN
esutjss-52	84	16	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	85	1	once	once	SCONJ
esutjss-52	85	2	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	85	3	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	85	4	exercises	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	85	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	85	6	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	85	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	85	8	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	85	9	translates	translate	VERB
esutjss-52	85	10	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	85	11	elements	element	NOUN
esutjss-52	85	12	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	85	13	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	85	14	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	85	15	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	85	16	way	way	NOUN
esutjss-52	85	17	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	86	1	orewa	orewa	PROPN
esutjss-52	86	2	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	86	3	1991	1991	NUM
esutjss-52	86	4	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	86	5	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	86	6	owens	owens	PROPN
esutjss-52	86	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	86	8	et	et	PROPN
esutjss-52	86	9	al	al	PROPN
esutjss-52	86	10	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	86	11	1991	1991	NUM
esutjss-52	86	12	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	86	13	reiterate	reiterate	VERB
esutjss-52	86	14	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	86	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	86	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	17	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	86	18	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	86	19	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	86	20	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	86	21	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	22	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	86	23	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	24	below	below	ADP
esutjss-52	86	25	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	86	26	central	central	ADJ
esutjss-52	86	27	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	28	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	86	29	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	86	30	case	case	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	31	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	86	32	unitary	unitary	ADJ
esutjss-52	86	33	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	34	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	86	35	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	86	36	below	below	ADP
esutjss-52	86	37	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	86	38	regional	regional	ADJ
esutjss-52	86	39	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	86	40	provincial	provincial	ADJ
esutjss-52	86	41	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	86	42	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	43	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	44	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	86	45	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	86	46	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	86	47	case	case	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	48	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	86	49	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	86	50	federation	federation	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	51	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	86	52	operates	operate	VERB
esutjss-52	86	53	where	where	SCONJ
esutjss-52	86	54	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	86	55	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	86	56	obliged	oblige	VERB
esutjss-52	86	57	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	86	58	provide	provide	VERB
esutjss-52	86	59	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	86	60	range	range	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	61	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	86	62	services	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	63	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	86	64	thus	thus	ADV
esutjss-52	86	65	need	need	VERB
esutjss-52	86	66	authority	authority	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	67	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	86	68	do	do	AUX
esutjss-52	86	69	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	86	70	jobs	job	NOUN
esutjss-52	86	71	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	87	1	what	what	PRON
esutjss-52	87	2	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	87	3	means	mean	VERB
esutjss-52	87	4	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	87	5	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	87	6	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	87	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	87	8	requires	require	VERB
esutjss-52	87	9	legal	legal	ADJ
esutjss-52	87	10	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	87	11	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	87	12	enforce	enforce	VERB
esutjss-52	87	13	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	87	14	executive	executive	ADJ
esutjss-52	87	15	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	87	16	regulatory	regulatory	ADJ
esutjss-52	87	17	policies	policy	NOUN
esutjss-52	87	18	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	87	19	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	87	20	citizens	citizen	NOUN
esutjss-52	87	21	without	without	ADP
esutjss-52	87	22	resorting	resort	VERB
esutjss-52	87	23	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	87	24	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	87	25	tiers	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	87	26	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	87	27	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	87	28	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	87	29	achieve	achieve	VERB
esutjss-52	87	30	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	87	31	set	set	NOUN
esutjss-52	87	32	goals	goal	NOUN
esutjss-52	87	33	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	88	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	88	2	also	also	ADV
esutjss-52	88	3	means	mean	VERB
esutjss-52	88	4	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	88	5	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	88	6	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	88	7	has	have	VERB
esutjss-52	88	8	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	88	9	own	own	ADJ
esutjss-52	88	10	staff	staff	NOUN
esutjss-52	88	11	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	88	12	revenue	revenue	NOUN
esutjss-52	88	13	sources	source	NOUN
esutjss-52	88	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	88	15	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	88	16	addition	addition	NOUN
esutjss-52	88	17	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	88	18	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	88	19	fact	fact	NOUN
esutjss-52	88	20	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	88	21	legal	legal	ADJ
esutjss-52	88	22	instruments	instrument	NOUN
esutjss-52	88	23	establishing	establish	VERB
esutjss-52	88	24	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	88	25	define	define	VERB
esutjss-52	88	26	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	88	27	area	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	88	28	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	88	29	authority	authority	NOUN
esutjss-52	88	30	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	88	31	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	88	32	basis	basis	NOUN
esutjss-52	88	33	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	88	34	representation	representation	NOUN
esutjss-52	88	35	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	88	36	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	88	37	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	88	38	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	88	39	platform	platform	NOUN
esutjss-52	88	40	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	89	1	these	these	DET
esutjss-52	89	2	roles	role	NOUN
esutjss-52	89	3	typically	typically	ADV
esutjss-52	89	4	align	align	VERB
esutjss-52	89	5	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	89	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	89	7	underlying	underlie	VERB
esutjss-52	89	8	philosophy	philosophy	NOUN
esutjss-52	89	9	behind	behind	ADP
esutjss-52	89	10	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	89	11	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	89	12	creation	creation	NOUN
esutjss-52	89	13	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	89	14	give	give	VERB
esutjss-52	89	15	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	89	16	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	89	17	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	89	18	deserving	deserving	ADJ
esutjss-52	89	19	attention	attention	NOUN
esutjss-52	89	20	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	89	21	imparting	impart	VERB
esutjss-52	89	22	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	89	23	orientation	orientation	NOUN
esutjss-52	89	24	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	89	25	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	89	26	developing	develop	VERB
esutjss-52	89	27	positive	positive	ADJ
esutjss-52	89	28	behaviour	behaviour	NOUN
esutjss-52	89	29	towards	towards	ADP
esutjss-52	89	30	public	public	ADJ
esutjss-52	89	31	institutions	institution	NOUN
esutjss-52	89	32	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	89	33	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	89	34	participation	participation	NOUN
esutjss-52	89	35	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	89	36	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	89	37	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	89	38	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	89	39	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	90	1	interestingly	interestingly	ADV
esutjss-52	90	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	90	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	90	4	guidelines	guideline	NOUN
esutjss-52	90	5	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	90	6	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	90	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	90	8	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	90	9	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	90	10	glgr	glgr	NOUN
esutjss-52	90	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	90	12	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	90	13	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	90	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	90	15	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	90	16	model	model	ADJ
esutjss-52	90	17	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	90	18	memoranda	memoranda	NOUN
esutjss-52	90	19	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	90	20	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	90	21	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	90	22	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	90	23	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	90	24	mfmlg	mfmlg	ADJ
esutjss-52	90	25	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	90	26	1991	1991	NUM
esutjss-52	90	27	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	90	28	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	90	29	indicate	indicate	VERB
esutjss-52	90	30	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	90	31	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	90	32	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	90	33	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	90	34	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	90	35	robust	robust	ADJ
esutjss-52	90	36	channel	channel	NOUN
esutjss-52	90	37	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	90	38	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	90	39	transformation	transformation	NOUN
esutjss-52	90	40	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	90	41	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	90	42	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	90	43	appears	appear	VERB
esutjss-52	90	44	hollow	hollow	ADJ
esutjss-52	90	45	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	90	46	lack	lack	NOUN
esutjss-52	90	47	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	90	48	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	90	49	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	91	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	91	2	persistent	persistent	ADJ
esutjss-52	91	3	lopsided	lopsided	ADJ
esutjss-52	91	4	structure	structure	NOUN
esutjss-52	91	5	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	91	6	imbalance	imbalance	NOUN
esutjss-52	91	7	witnessed	witness	VERB
esutjss-52	91	8	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	91	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	91	10	operations	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	91	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	91	12	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	91	13	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	91	14	warranted	warrant	VERB
esutjss-52	91	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	91	16	initial	initial	ADJ
esutjss-52	91	17	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	91	18	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	91	19	correction	correction	NOUN
esutjss-52	91	20	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	91	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	91	22	anomaly	anomaly	NOUN
esutjss-52	91	23	during	during	ADP
esutjss-52	91	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	91	25	murtala	murtala	PROPN
esutjss-52	91	26	/	/	SYM
esutjss-52	91	27	obasanjo	obasanjo	PROPN
esutjss-52	91	28	era	era	NOUN
esutjss-52	91	29	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	92	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	92	2	culminated	culminate	VERB
esutjss-52	92	3	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	92	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	92	5	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	92	6	reforms	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	92	7	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	92	8	thereafter	thereafter	ADV
esutjss-52	92	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	92	10	sustained	sustained	ADJ
esutjss-52	92	11	agitations	agitation	NOUN
esutjss-52	92	12	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	92	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	92	14	public	public	NOUN
esutjss-52	92	15	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	92	16	some	some	DET
esutjss-52	92	17	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ
esutjss-52	92	18	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	92	19	officials	official	NOUN
esutjss-52	92	20	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	92	21	institutions	institution	NOUN
esutjss-52	92	22	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	92	23	bring	bring	VERB
esutjss-52	92	24	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	92	25	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	92	26	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	92	27	par	par	NOUN
esutjss-52	92	28	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	92	29	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	92	30	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	92	31	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	92	32	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	92	33	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	92	34	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	92	35	terms	term	NOUN
esutjss-52	92	36	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	92	37	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	92	38	legal	legal	ADJ
esutjss-52	92	39	status	status	NOUN
esutjss-52	92	40	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	92	41	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	92	42	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	93	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	93	2	earliest	early	ADJ
esutjss-52	93	3	results	result	NOUN
esutjss-52	93	4	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	93	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	93	6	quest	quest	NOUN
esutjss-52	93	7	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	93	8	granting	grant	VERB
esutjss-52	93	9	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	93	10	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	93	11	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	93	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	93	13	structural	structural	ADJ
esutjss-52	93	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	93	15	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	93	16	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	93	17	operational	operational	ADJ
esutjss-52	93	18	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	93	19	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	93	20	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	93	21	were	be	AUX
esutjss-52	93	22	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	93	23	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	93	24			PRON
esutjss-52	93	25	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	93	26	established	establish	VERB
esutjss-52	93	27	uniform	uniform	ADJ
esutjss-52	93	28	structures	structure	NOUN
esutjss-52	93	29	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	93	30	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	93	31	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	93	32	throughout	throughout	ADP
esutjss-52	93	33	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	93	34	federation	federation	NOUN
esutjss-52	93	35	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	94	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	94	2	minimum	minimum	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	3	population	population	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	4	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	94	5	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	94	6	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	8	area	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	9	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	94	10	put	put	VERB
esutjss-52	94	11	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	94	12	150,000	150,000	NUM
esutjss-52	94	13	persons	person	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	14	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	94	15	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	94	16	maximum	maximum	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	17	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	94	18	800,000	800,000	NUM
esutjss-52	94	19	persons	person	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	20	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	94	21			PRON
esutjss-52	94	22	traditional	traditional	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	23	authorities	authority	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	24	were	be	AUX
esutjss-52	94	25	separated	separate	VERB
esutjss-52	94	26	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	94	27	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	28	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	29	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	94	30	constituted	constitute	VERB
esutjss-52	94	31	into	into	ADP
esutjss-52	94	32	separate	separate	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	33	traditional	traditional	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	34	councils	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	35	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	94	36	advisory	advisory	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	37	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	38	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	94	39	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	40	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	41	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	94	42			PRON
esutjss-52	94	43	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	94	44	ministry	ministry	PROPN
esutjss-52	94	45	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	94	46	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	47	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	48	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	94	49	established	establish	VERB
esutjss-52	94	50	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	94	51	all	all	DET
esutjss-52	94	52	states	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	53	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	94	54	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	94	55	federation	federation	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	56	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	94	57	exert	exert	VERB
esutjss-52	94	58	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	59	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	94	60	guidance	guidance	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	61	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	94	62	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	63	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	64	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	65	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	94	66	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	67	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	68	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	69	151	151	NUM
esutjss-52	94	70			NOUN
esutjss-52	94	71	administratively	administratively	ADV
esutjss-52	94	72	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	94	73	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	94	74	management	management	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	75	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	94	76	operational	operational	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	77	structure	structure	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	78	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	94	79	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	94	80	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	81	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	94	82	made	make	VERB
esutjss-52	94	83	single	single	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	84	tier	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	85	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	94	86	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	94	87	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	94	88	secretary	secretary	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	89	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	94	90	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	94	91	chief	chief	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	92	executive	executive	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	93	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	94	94			PRON
esutjss-52	94	95	functionally	functionally	ADV
esutjss-52	94	96	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	94	97	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	98	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	99	were	be	AUX
esutjss-52	94	100	made	make	VERB
esutjss-52	94	101	solely	solely	ADV
esutjss-52	94	102	responsible	responsible	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	103	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	94	104	some	some	DET
esutjss-52	94	105	developmental	developmental	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	106	activities	activity	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	107	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	94	108	services	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	109	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	94	110	while	while	SCONJ
esutjss-52	94	111	they	they	PRON
esutjss-52	94	112	performed	perform	VERB
esutjss-52	94	113	others	other	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	114	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	94	115	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	94	116	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	117	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	118	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	94	119			PRON
esutjss-52	94	120	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	94	121	statutory	statutory	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	122	allocation	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	123	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	94	124	10	10	NUM
esutjss-52	94	125	percent	percent	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	126	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	94	127	approved	approve	VERB
esutjss-52	94	128	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	94	129	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	130	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	131	councils	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	132	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	94	133	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	94	134	federation	federation	PROPN
esutjss-52	94	135	account	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	136	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	94	137	thus	thus	ADV
esutjss-52	94	138	recognizing	recognize	VERB
esutjss-52	94	139	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	94	140	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	94	141	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	94	142	third	third	ADJ
esutjss-52	94	143	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	94	144	tier	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	145	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	94	146	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	95	1	explaining	explain	VERB
esutjss-52	95	2	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	95	3	rationale	rationale	NOUN
esutjss-52	95	4	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	95	5	reforms	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	95	6	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	95	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	95	8	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	95	9	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	95	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	95	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	95	12	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	95	13	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	95	14	guidelines	guideline	NOUN
esutjss-52	95	15	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	95	16	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	95	17	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	95	18	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	95	19	olasupo	olasupo	NOUN
esutjss-52	95	20	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	95	21	2013	2013	NUM
esutjss-52	95	22	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	95	23	recognized	recognize	VERB
esutjss-52	95	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	95	25	defects	defect	NOUN
esutjss-52	95	26	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	95	27	previous	previous	ADJ
esutjss-52	95	28	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	95	29	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	95	30	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	95	31	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	95	32	deserve	deserve	VERB
esutjss-52	95	33	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	95	34	further	further	ADJ
esutjss-52	95	35	attention	attention	NOUN
esutjss-52	95	36	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	96	1	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	96	2	example	example	NOUN
esutjss-52	96	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	96	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	96	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	96	6	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	96	7	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	96	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	96	9	years	year	NOUN
esutjss-52	96	10	suffered	suffer	VERB
esutjss-52	96	11	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	96	12	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	96	13	continuous	continuous	ADJ
esutjss-52	96	14	whittling	whittling	NOUN
esutjss-52	96	15	down	down	ADP
esutjss-52	96	16	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	96	17	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	96	18	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	96	19	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	96	20	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	96	21	tiers	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	96	22	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	96	23	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	96	24	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	97	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	97	2	particular	particular	ADJ
esutjss-52	97	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	97	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	97	5	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	97	6	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	97	7	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	97	8	continued	continue	VERB
esutjss-52	97	9	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	97	10	encroach	encroach	VERB
esutjss-52	97	11	upon	upon	SCONJ
esutjss-52	97	12	what	what	PRON
esutjss-52	97	13	would	would	AUX
esutjss-52	97	14	normally	normally	ADV
esutjss-52	97	15	have	have	AUX
esutjss-52	97	16	been	be	AUX
esutjss-52	97	17	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	97	18	exclusive	exclusive	ADJ
esutjss-52	97	19	preserve	preserve	NOUN
esutjss-52	97	20	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	97	21	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	97	22	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	97	23	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	98	1	lack	lack	NOUN
esutjss-52	98	2	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	98	3	adequate	adequate	ADJ
esutjss-52	98	4	funds	fund	NOUN
esutjss-52	98	5	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	98	6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ
esutjss-52	98	7	institutions	institution	NOUN
esutjss-52	98	8	have	have	AUX
esutjss-52	98	9	continued	continue	VERB
esutjss-52	98	10	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	98	11	make	make	VERB
esutjss-52	98	12	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	98	13	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	98	14	ineffective	ineffective	ADJ
esutjss-52	98	15	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	99	1	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	99	2	school	school	NOUN
esutjss-52	99	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	99	4	thought	thought	NOUN
esutjss-52	99	5	believes	believe	VERB
esutjss-52	99	6	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	99	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	99	8	absence	absence	NOUN
esutjss-52	99	9	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	99	10	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	99	11	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	99	12	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	99	13	bane	bane	NOUN
esutjss-52	99	14	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	99	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	99	16	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	99	17	while	while	SCONJ
esutjss-52	99	18	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	99	19	alternate	alternate	ADJ
esutjss-52	99	20	school	school	NOUN
esutjss-52	99	21	blames	blame	VERB
esutjss-52	99	22	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	99	23	problem	problem	NOUN
esutjss-52	99	24	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	99	25	systemic	systemic	ADJ
esutjss-52	99	26	factors	factor	NOUN
esutjss-52	99	27	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	99	28	human	human	ADJ
esutjss-52	99	29	inclination	inclination	NOUN
esutjss-52	99	30	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	100	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	100	2	rationale	rationale	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	3	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	100	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	100	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	6	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	7	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	100	8	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	100	9	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	10	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	100	11	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	12	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	100	13	focuses	focus	VERB
esutjss-52	100	14	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	100	15	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	100	16	imperatives	imperative	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	17	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	100	18	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	100	19	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	20	performs	perform	VERB
esutjss-52	100	21	ranges	range	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	22	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	100	23	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	24	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	100	25	including	include	VERB
esutjss-52	100	26	developmental	developmental	ADJ
esutjss-52	100	27	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	100	28	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	100	29	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	100	30	legislative	legislative	ADJ
esutjss-52	100	31	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	100	32	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	100	33	peace	peace	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	34	building	building	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	35	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	100	36	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	100	37	mobilization	mobilization	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	38	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	100	39	participation	participation	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	40	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	100	41	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	42	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	100	43	integration	integration	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	44	into	into	ADP
esutjss-52	100	45	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	46	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	100	47	policymaking	policymaking	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	48	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	100	49	implementation	implementation	NOUN
esutjss-52	100	50	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	101	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	101	2	developmental	developmental	ADJ
esutjss-52	101	3	components	component	NOUN
esutjss-52	101	4	include	include	VERB
esutjss-52	101	5	“	"	PUNCT
esutjss-52	101	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	101	7	provision	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	101	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	101	9	housing	housing	NOUN
esutjss-52	101	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	101	11	social	social	ADJ
esutjss-52	101	12	services	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	101	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	101	14	environmental	environmental	ADJ
esutjss-52	101	15	services	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	101	16	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	101	17	refuse	refuse	VERB
esutjss-52	101	18	disposal	disposal	NOUN
esutjss-52	101	19	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	101	20	planning	planning	NOUN
esutjss-52	101	21	”	"	PUNCT
esutjss-52	101	22	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	101	23	joyce	joyce	PROPN
esutjss-52	101	24	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	101	25	2006:265	2006:265	NOUN
esutjss-52	101	26	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	101	27	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	102	1	implied	imply	VERB
esutjss-52	102	2	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	102	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	102	4	focal	focal	ADJ
esutjss-52	102	5	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	6	listed	list	VERB
esutjss-52	102	7	above	above	ADV
esutjss-52	102	8	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	102	9	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	102	10	several	several	ADJ
esutjss-52	102	11	developmental	developmental	ADJ
esutjss-52	102	12	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	13	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	102	14	assigned	assign	VERB
esutjss-52	102	15	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	102	16	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	102	17	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	18	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	102	19	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	102	20	includes	include	VERB
esutjss-52	102	21	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	102	22			NOUN
esutjss-52	102	23	provision	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	24	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	102	25	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	26	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	102	27	primary	primary	ADJ
esutjss-52	102	28	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	102	29	adult	adult	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	30	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	102	31	vocational	vocational	ADJ
esutjss-52	102	32	education	education	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	33	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	102	34			PRON
esutjss-52	102	35	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	36	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	102	37	agriculture	agriculture	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	38	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	102	39	natural	natural	ADJ
esutjss-52	102	40	resources	resource	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	41	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	102	42	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	102	43	than	than	ADP
esutjss-52	102	44	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	102	45	exploitation	exploitation	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	46	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	102	47	minerals	mineral	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	48	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	102	49			NOUN
esutjss-52	102	50	provision	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	51	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	102	52	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	53	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	102	54	health	health	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	55	services	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	56	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	102	57	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	102	58			PRON
esutjss-52	102	59	such	such	ADJ
esutjss-52	102	60	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	102	61	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	62	as	as	SCONJ
esutjss-52	102	63	may	may	AUX
esutjss-52	102	64	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	102	65	conferred	confer	VERB
esutjss-52	102	66	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	102	67	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	102	68	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	102	69	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	70	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	71	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	102	72	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	102	73	house	house	PROPN
esutjss-52	102	74	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	102	75	assembly	assembly	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	76	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	102	77	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	102	78	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	102	79	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	103	1	administratively	administratively	ADV
esutjss-52	103	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	103	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	103	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	5	coordinates	coordinate	VERB
esutjss-52	103	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	103	7	activities	activity	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	103	9	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	103	10	personnel	personnel	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	103	12	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	103	13	policy	policy	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	14	formulation	formulation	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	15	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	103	16	implementation	implementation	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	17	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	103	18	monitoring	monitoring	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	19	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	103	20	evaluation	evaluation	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	21	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	103	22	reporting	reporting	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	23	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	103	24	promotion	promotion	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	25	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	103	26	programmes	programme	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	27	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	103	28	target	target	VERB
esutjss-52	103	29	increase	increase	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	30	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	103	31	productivity	productivity	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	32	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	103	33	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	103	34	workforce	workforce	NOUN
esutjss-52	103	35	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	104	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	104	2	involves	involve	VERB
esutjss-52	104	3	matters	matter	NOUN
esutjss-52	104	4	relating	relate	VERB
esutjss-52	104	5	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	104	6	intergovernmental	intergovernmental	ADJ
esutjss-52	104	7	relations	relation	NOUN
esutjss-52	104	8	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	104	9	intermittent	intermittent	ADJ
esutjss-52	104	10	expectations	expectation	NOUN
esutjss-52	104	11	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	104	12	stakeholders	stakeholder	NOUN
esutjss-52	104	13	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	104	14	all	all	DET
esutjss-52	104	15	organs	organ	NOUN
esutjss-52	104	16	exercising	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	104	17	authority	authority	NOUN
esutjss-52	104	18	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	104	19	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	104	20	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	104	21	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	104	22	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	1	furthermore	furthermore	ADV
esutjss-52	105	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	4	guidelines	guideline	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	5	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	105	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	7	implementation	implementation	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	105	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	10	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	11	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	12	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	105	13	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	15	while	while	SCONJ
esutjss-52	105	16	describing	describe	VERB
esutjss-52	105	17	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	18	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	19	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	20	within	within	ADP
esutjss-52	105	21	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	105	22	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	23	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	105	24	jurisdiction	jurisdiction	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	25	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	26	derived	derive	VERB
esutjss-52	105	27	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	105	28	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	29	provisions	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	30	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	31	mentioned	mention	VERB
esutjss-52	105	32	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	33	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	34	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	35	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	105	36	can	can	AUX
esutjss-52	105	37	perform	perform	VERB
esutjss-52	105	38	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	39	among	among	ADP
esutjss-52	105	40	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	105	41	include	include	VERB
esutjss-52	105	42	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	105	43	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	44			PRON
esutjss-52	105	45	make	make	VERB
esutjss-52	105	46	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	47	services	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	48	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	49	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	50	activities	activity	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	51	responsive	responsive	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	52	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	105	53	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	54	wishes	wish	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	55	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	56	initiative	initiative	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	57	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	105	58	developing	develop	VERB
esutjss-52	105	59	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	60	delegating	delegate	VERB
esutjss-52	105	61	such	such	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	62	services	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	63	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	105	64	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	65	representative	representative	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	66	bodies	body	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	67	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	68			NOUN
esutjss-52	105	69	facilitate	facilitate	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	70	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	71	bring	bring	VERB
esutjss-52	105	72	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	73	exercise	exercise	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	74	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	105	75	democratic	democratic	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	76	self	self	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	77	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	78	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	79	close	close	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	80	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	105	81	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	82	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	83	levels	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	84	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	105	85	our	our	PRON
esutjss-52	105	86	society	society	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	87	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	88	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	105	89	encourage	encourage	VERB
esutjss-52	105	90	initiative	initiative	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	91	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	92	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	93	potentials	potential	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	94	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	95			PRON
esutjss-52	105	96	mobilize	mobilize	VERB
esutjss-52	105	97	human	human	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	98	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	99	material	material	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	100	resources	resource	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	101	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	105	102	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	103	involvement	involvement	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	104	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	105	105	members	member	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	106	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	105	107	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	108	public	public	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	109	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	105	110	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	105	111	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	112	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	113	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	114			PRON
esutjss-52	105	115	provide	provide	VERB
esutjss-52	105	116	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	105	117	two	two	NUM
esutjss-52	105	118	way	way	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	119	channel	channel	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	120	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	105	121	communication	communication	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	122	between	between	ADP
esutjss-52	105	123	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	124	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	125	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	126	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	127	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	128	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	129	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	130	national	national	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	131	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	132	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	133			NOUN
esutjss-52	105	134	exercise	exercise	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	135	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	136	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	105	137	shall	shall	AUX
esutjss-52	105	138	give	give	VERB
esutjss-52	105	139	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	140	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	141	substantial	substantial	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	142	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	143	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	105	144	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	145	affairs	affair	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	146	as	as	ADV
esutjss-52	105	147	well	well	ADV
esutjss-52	105	148	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	105	149	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	150	staff	staff	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	151	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	152	institutional	institutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	153	activities	activity	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	154	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	155			NOUN
esutjss-52	105	156	exercise	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	105	157	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	158	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	159	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	105	160	imitate	imitate	VERB
esutjss-52	105	161	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	162	direct	direct	VERB
esutjss-52	105	163	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	164	provisions	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	165	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	105	166	services	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	167	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	168	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	105	169	determine	determine	VERB
esutjss-52	105	170	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	171	implement	implement	VERB
esutjss-52	105	172	projects	project	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	173	so	so	SCONJ
esutjss-52	105	174	as	as	SCONJ
esutjss-52	105	175	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	105	176	complement	complement	VERB
esutjss-52	105	177	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	178	activities	activity	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	179	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	105	180	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	181	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	182	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	183	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	184	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	185	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	105	186	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	105	187	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	188	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	189	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	190			NOUN
esutjss-52	105	191	ensure	ensure	VERB
esutjss-52	105	192	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	193	active	active	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	194	participation	participation	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	195	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	105	196	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	105	197	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	198	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	199	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	105	200	traditional	traditional	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	201	institutions	institution	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	202	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	105	203	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	105	204	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	205	initiative	initiative	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	206	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	207	response	response	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	208	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	105	209	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	105	210	needs	need	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	211	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	105	212	conditions	condition	NOUN
esutjss-52	105	213	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	105	214	maximized	maximize	VERB
esutjss-52	105	215	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	106	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	106	2	legislative	legislative	ADJ
esutjss-52	106	3	roles	role	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	4	include	include	VERB
esutjss-52	106	5	law	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	6	making	make	VERB
esutjss-52	106	7	especially	especially	ADV
esutjss-52	106	8	bylaws	bylaw	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	106	10	legislation	legislation	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	11	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	106	12	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	106	13	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	14	matters	matter	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	15	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	106	16	especially	especially	ADV
esutjss-52	106	17	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	106	18	procedures	procedure	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	19	establishing	establish	VERB
esutjss-52	106	20	rules	rule	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	21	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	106	22	engagements	engagement	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	23	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	106	24	corporate	corporate	ADJ
esutjss-52	106	25	institutions	institution	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	26	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	106	27	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	28	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	106	29	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	106	30	organizations	organization	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	31	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	106	32	processing	processing	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	33	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	106	34	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	106	35	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	106	36	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	37	appropriation	appropriation	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	38	bill	bill	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	39	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	106	40	motions	motion	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	41	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	106	42	legislative	legislative	ADJ
esutjss-52	106	43	orders	order	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	44	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	106	45	including	include	VERB
esutjss-52	106	46	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	106	47	supplementary	supplementary	ADJ
esutjss-52	106	48	roles	role	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	49	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	106	50	fall	fall	VERB
esutjss-52	106	51	under	under	ADP
esutjss-52	106	52	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	106	53	context	context	NOUN
esutjss-52	106	54	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	1	adeyemo	adeyemo	ADV
esutjss-52	107	2	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	3	2005),olasupo	2005),olasupo	NUM
esutjss-52	107	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	5	2013	2013	NUM
esutjss-52	107	6	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	8	okibe	okibe	PROPN
esutjss-52	107	9	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	10	2016	2016	NUM
esutjss-52	107	11	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	12	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	107	13	ugwu	ugwu	ADV
esutjss-52	107	14	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	15	2017	2017	NUM
esutjss-52	107	16	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	17	identify	identify	VERB
esutjss-52	107	18	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	107	19	components	component	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	20	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	107	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	107	22	legislative	legislative	ADJ
esutjss-52	107	23	spheres	sphere	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	24	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	107	25	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	107	26	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	27	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	107	28	empowered	empower	VERB
esutjss-52	107	29	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	107	30	exercise	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	107	31	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	32	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	107	33	list	list	VERB
esutjss-52	107	34	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	107	35	following	follow	VERB
esutjss-52	107	36	examples	example	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	37	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	38			X
esutjss-52	107	39	law	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	40	making	making	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	41	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	42	debating	debate	VERB
esutjss-52	107	43	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	107	44	passing	pass	VERB
esutjss-52	107	45	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	107	46	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	47	legislation	legislation	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	48	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	49			PRON
esutjss-52	107	50	debating	debate	VERB
esutjss-52	107	51	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	52	approving	approve	VERB
esutjss-52	107	53	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	107	54	possibly	possibly	ADV
esutjss-52	107	55	amending	amend	VERB
esutjss-52	107	56	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	107	57	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	58	yearly	yearly	ADJ
esutjss-52	107	59	budgets	budget	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	60	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	61	subject	subject	ADJ
esutjss-52	107	62	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	107	63	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	107	64	chairman	chairman	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	65	’s	’s	PART
esutjss-52	107	66	vote	vote	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	67	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	68	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	107	69	could	could	AUX
esutjss-52	107	70	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	107	71	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	107	72	ridden	ride	VERB
esutjss-52	107	73	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	107	74	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	107	75	two	two	NUM
esutjss-52	107	76	third	third	ADJ
esutjss-52	107	77	majority	majority	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	78	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	107	79	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	107	80	councilors	councilor	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	81	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	107	82			PRON
esutjss-52	107	83	vetting	vet	VERB
esutjss-52	107	84	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	107	85	monitoring	monitor	VERB
esutjss-52	107	86	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	107	87	implementation	implementation	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	88	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	107	89	projects	project	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	90	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	107	91	programmes	programme	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	92	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	107	93	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	107	94	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	95	’s	’s	PART
esutjss-52	107	96	yearly	yearly	ADJ
esutjss-52	107	97	budget	budget	NOUN
esutjss-52	107	98	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	108	1			NOUN
esutjss-52	108	2	examining	examine	VERB
esutjss-52	108	3	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	108	4	debating	debate	VERB
esutjss-52	108	5	monthly	monthly	ADJ
esutjss-52	108	6	statement	statement	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	108	8	income	income	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	9	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	108	10	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	11	rendered	render	VERB
esutjss-52	108	12	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	108	13	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	108	14	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	108	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	108	16	executive	executive	ADJ
esutjss-52	108	17	arm	arm	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	18	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	108	19			PRON
esutjss-52	108	20	impeaching	impeach	VERB
esutjss-52	108	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	108	22	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	23	chairman	chairman	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	24	if	if	SCONJ
esutjss-52	108	25	committed	commit	VERB
esutjss-52	108	26	impeachable	impeachable	ADJ
esutjss-52	108	27	offence	offence	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	28	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	108	29	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	108	30	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	108	31	constitution	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	32	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	108	33			PRON
esutjss-52	108	34	advising	advise	VERB
esutjss-52	108	35	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	108	36	consulting	consulting	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	37	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	108	38	liaising	liaising	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	39	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	108	40	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	108	41	chairman	chairman	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	42	who	who	PRON
esutjss-52	108	43	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	108	44	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	108	45	head	head	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	46	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	108	47	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	108	48	executive	executive	ADJ
esutjss-52	108	49	arm	arm	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	50	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	108	51	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	108	52			NOUN
esutjss-52	108	53	performing	perform	VERB
esutjss-52	108	54	such	such	ADJ
esutjss-52	108	55	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	108	56	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	57	as	as	SCONJ
esutjss-52	108	58	may	may	AUX
esutjss-52	108	59	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	108	60	assigned	assign	VERB
esutjss-52	108	61	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	108	62	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	108	63	house	house	PROPN
esutjss-52	108	64	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	108	65	assembly	assembly	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	66	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	108	67	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	108	68	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	108	69	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	109	1	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	109	2	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	109	3	perspective	perspective	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	4	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	109	5	peace	peace	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	6	building	building	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	7	roles	role	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	109	9	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	109	10	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	109	12	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	109	13	view	view	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	14	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	109	15	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	109	16	locality	locality	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	17	status	status	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	18	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	109	19	identifies	identify	VERB
esutjss-52	109	20	potential	potential	ADJ
esutjss-52	109	21	conflict	conflict	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	22	situations	situation	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	23	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	109	24	intervenes	intervene	VERB
esutjss-52	109	25	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	109	26	resolve	resolve	VERB
esutjss-52	109	27	them	they	PRON
esutjss-52	109	28	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	109	29	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	109	30	mobilizes	mobilize	VERB
esutjss-52	109	31	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	32	efforts	effort	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	33	toward	toward	ADP
esutjss-52	109	34	peace	peace	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	35	initiatives	initiative	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	36	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	109	37	coordinates	coordinate	VERB
esutjss-52	109	38	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	109	39	activities	activity	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	40	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	109	41	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	42	leaders	leader	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	43	including	include	VERB
esutjss-52	109	44	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	109	45	traditional	traditional	ADJ
esutjss-52	109	46	rulers	ruler	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	47	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	109	48	town	town	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	49	unions	union	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	50	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	109	51	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	109	52	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	53	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	109	54	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	109	55	organizations	organization	NOUN
esutjss-52	109	56	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	110	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	110	2	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	110	3	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	110	4	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	110	5	153	153	NUM
esutjss-52	110	6	also	also	ADV
esutjss-52	110	7	registers	register	VERB
esutjss-52	110	8	cooperative	cooperative	ADJ
esutjss-52	110	9	society	society	NOUN
esutjss-52	110	10	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	110	11	locally	locally	ADV
esutjss-52	110	12	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	110	13	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	110	14	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	110	15	welfare	welfare	NOUN
esutjss-52	110	16	associations	association	NOUN
esutjss-52	110	17	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	111	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	111	2	essence	essence	NOUN
esutjss-52	111	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	111	4	exercising	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	111	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	111	6	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	111	7	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	111	8	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	111	9	regulate	regulate	VERB
esutjss-52	111	10	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	111	11	registration	registration	NOUN
esutjss-52	111	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	111	13	operation	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	111	14	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	111	15	relation	relation	NOUN
esutjss-52	111	16	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	111	17	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	111	18	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	111	19	members	member	NOUN
esutjss-52	111	20	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	112	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	112	2	particular	particular	ADJ
esutjss-52	112	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	112	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	112	5	fourth	fourth	ADJ
esutjss-52	112	6	schedule	schedule	NOUN
esutjss-52	112	7	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	112	8	1	1	NUM
esutjss-52	112	9	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	112	10	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	112	11	1999	1999	NUM
esutjss-52	112	12	constitution	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	112	13	captures	capture	VERB
esutjss-52	112	14	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	112	15	comprehensive	comprehensive	ADJ
esutjss-52	112	16	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	112	17	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	112	18	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	112	19	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	112	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	112	21	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	112	22	crisscross	crisscross	VERB
esutjss-52	112	23	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	112	24	aforementioned	aforementioned	ADJ
esutjss-52	112	25	developmental	developmental	ADJ
esutjss-52	112	26	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	112	27	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	112	28	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	112	29	legislative	legislative	ADJ
esutjss-52	112	30	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	112	31	peace	peace	NOUN
esutjss-52	112	32	building	building	NOUN
esutjss-52	112	33	typologies	typology	NOUN
esutjss-52	112	34	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	113	2	generality	generality	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	113	5	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	6	connote	connote	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	7	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	8	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	113	9	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	113	10	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	11	spheres	sphere	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	12	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	13	influence	influence	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	14	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	15	include	include	VERB
esutjss-52	113	16	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	17	1	1	X
esutjss-52	113	18	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	19	collection	collection	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	20	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	21	rates	rate	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	22	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	23	radio	radio	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	24	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	25	television	television	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	26	licenses	license	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	27	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	28	2	2	X
esutjss-52	113	29	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	30	establishment	establishment	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	31	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	32	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	33	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	34	burial	burial	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	35	grounds	ground	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	36	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	37	homes	home	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	38	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	113	39	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	113	40	destitute	destitute	ADJ
esutjss-52	113	41	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	42	infirm	infirm	ADJ
esutjss-52	113	43	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	44	3	3	X
esutjss-52	113	45	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	46	licensing	licensing	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	47	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	48	bicycles	bicycle	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	49	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	50	trucks	truck	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	51	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	52	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	113	53	than	than	ADP
esutjss-52	113	54	mechanically	mechanically	ADV
esutjss-52	113	55	propelled	propel	VERB
esutjss-52	113	56	trucks	truck	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	57	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	58	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	59	canoes	canoe	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	60	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	61	wheelbarrows	wheelbarrow	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	62	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	63	carts	cart	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	64	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	65	4	4	X
esutjss-52	113	66	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	67	establishing	establish	VERB
esutjss-52	113	68	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	69	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	70	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	71	regulation	regulation	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	72	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	73	slaughter	slaughter	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	74	houses	house	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	75	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	76	slaughter	slaughter	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	77	slabs	slab	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	78	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	79	markets	market	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	80	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	81	motor	motor	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	82	parks	park	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	83	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	84	public	public	ADJ
esutjss-52	113	85	conveniences	convenience	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	86	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	87	5	5	X
esutjss-52	113	88	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	89	construction	construction	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	90	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	91	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	92	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	93	roads	road	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	94	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	95	street	street	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	96	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	97	street	street	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	98	lightings	lighting	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	99	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	100	drains	drain	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	101	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	102	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	113	103	public	public	ADJ
esutjss-52	113	104	facilities	facility	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	105	as	as	SCONJ
esutjss-52	113	106	may	may	AUX
esutjss-52	113	107	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	113	108	prescribed	prescribe	VERB
esutjss-52	113	109	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	113	110	time	time	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	111	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	113	112	time	time	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	113	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	113	114	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	113	115	house	house	PROPN
esutjss-52	113	116	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	117	assembly	assembly	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	118	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	119	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	113	120	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	121	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	122	6	6	X
esutjss-52	113	123	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	124	naming	naming	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	125	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	126	roads	road	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	127	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	128	streets	street	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	129	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	130	numbering	numbering	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	131	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	132	houses	house	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	133	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	134	7	7	X
esutjss-52	113	135	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	136	provision	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	137	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	138	maintenance	maintenance	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	139	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	140	public	public	ADJ
esutjss-52	113	141	conveniences	convenience	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	142	sewage	sewage	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	143	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	144	refuse	refuse	VERB
esutjss-52	113	145	disposal	disposal	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	146	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	147	8)	8)	NUM
esutjss-52	113	148	registration	registration	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	149	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	150	all	all	DET
esutjss-52	113	151	births	birth	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	152	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	153	deaths	death	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	154	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	155	marriages	marriage	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	156	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	157	9	9	X
esutjss-52	113	158	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	159	assessment	assessment	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	160	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	161	privately	privately	ADV
esutjss-52	113	162	owned	own	VERB
esutjss-52	113	163	house	house	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	164	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	165	tenements	tenement	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	166	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	113	167	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	113	168	purpose	purpose	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	169	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	170	levying	levy	VERB
esutjss-52	113	171	such	such	ADJ
esutjss-52	113	172	rates	rate	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	173	as	as	SCONJ
esutjss-52	113	174	may	may	AUX
esutjss-52	113	175	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	113	176	prescribed	prescribe	VERB
esutjss-52	113	177	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	113	178	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	113	179	house	house	PROPN
esutjss-52	113	180	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	181	assembly	assembly	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	182	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	183	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	113	184	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	185	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	186	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	187	10	10	NUM
esutjss-52	113	188	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	189	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	190	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	191	regulation	regulation	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	192	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	193	–	–	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	194	i.	i.	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	195	outdoor	outdoor	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	196	advertising	advertising	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	197	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	198	hoarding	hoarding	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	199	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	200	ii	ii	PROPN
esutjss-52	113	201	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	113	202	movement	movement	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	203	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	204	keeping	keeping	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	205	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	206	pets	pet	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	207	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	208	all	all	DET
esutjss-52	113	209	descriptions	description	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	210	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	211	iii	iii	X
esutjss-52	113	212	.	.	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	213	shops	shop	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	214	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	215	kiosks	kiosk	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	216	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	217	iv	iv	X
esutjss-52	113	218	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	219	restaurants	restaurant	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	220	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	221	bakeries	bakery	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	222	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	223	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	113	224	places	place	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	225	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	113	226	sale	sale	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	227	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	228	food	food	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	229	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	113	230	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	113	231	public	public	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	232	v.	v.	ADP
esutjss-52	113	233	laundries	laundry	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	234	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	235	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	236	vi	vi	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	237	.	.	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	238	licensing	licensing	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	239	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	113	240	regulation	regulation	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	241	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	113	242	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	243	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	244	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	113	245	sale	sale	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	246	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	113	247	liquor	liquor	NOUN
esutjss-52	113	248	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	114	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	114	2	implication	implication	NOUN
esutjss-52	114	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	114	4	these	these	DET
esutjss-52	114	5	responsibilities	responsibility	NOUN
esutjss-52	114	6	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	114	7	that	that	DET
esutjss-52	114	8	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	114	9	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	114	10	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	114	11	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	114	12	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	114	13	very	very	ADV
esutjss-52	114	14	important	important	ADJ
esutjss-52	114	15	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	114	16	quintessential	quintessential	ADJ
esutjss-52	114	17	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	114	18	effective	effective	ADJ
esutjss-52	114	19	performance	performance	NOUN
esutjss-52	114	20	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	114	21	delivery	delivery	NOUN
esutjss-52	114	22	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	114	23	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	114	24	needed	need	VERB
esutjss-52	114	25	services	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	114	26	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	114	27	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	114	28	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	114	29	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	114	30	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	115	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	115	2	inabilities	inability	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	115	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	115	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	6	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	115	7	fulfill	fulfill	VERB
esutjss-52	115	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	115	9	mandate	mandate	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	115	11	divides	divide	VERB
esutjss-52	115	12	opinions	opinion	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	13	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	115	14	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	115	15	range	range	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	16	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	115	17	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	115	18	causative	causative	ADJ
esutjss-52	115	19	factors	factor	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	20	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	115	21	include	include	VERB
esutjss-52	115	22	lack	lack	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	23	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	115	24	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	115	25	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	115	26	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	115	27	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	28	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	115	29	inept	inept	ADJ
esutjss-52	115	30	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	31	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	115	32	decaying	decay	VERB
esutjss-52	115	33	value	value	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	34	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	35	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	115	36	practice	practice	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	37	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	115	38	nepotism	nepotism	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	39	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	115	40	favouritism	favouritism	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	41	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	115	42	corruption	corruption	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	43	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	115	44	issues	issue	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	45	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	115	46	godfatherism	godfatherism	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	47	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	115	48	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	115	49	serve	serve	VERB
esutjss-52	115	50	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	115	51	bane	bane	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	52	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	115	53	nigeria	nigeria	PRON
esutjss-52	115	54	especially	especially	ADV
esutjss-52	115	55	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	115	56	imposition	imposition	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	57	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	115	58	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	59	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	115	60	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	115	61	clandestine	clandestine	ADJ
esutjss-52	115	62	manipulations	manipulation	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	63	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	115	64	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	115	65	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	115	66	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	116	1	theoretical	theoretical	ADJ
esutjss-52	116	2	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	116	3	conceptual	conceptual	ADJ
esutjss-52	116	4	issues	issue	NOUN
esutjss-52	116	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	116	6	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	116	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	116	8	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	116	9	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	116	10	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	116	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	116	12	deriving	derive	VERB
esutjss-52	116	13	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	116	14	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	116	15	diverse	diverse	ADJ
esutjss-52	116	16	nature	nature	NOUN
esutjss-52	116	17	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	116	18	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	116	19	better	well	ADV
esutjss-52	116	20	illustrated	illustrate	VERB
esutjss-52	116	21	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	116	22	pluralism	pluralism	NOUN
esutjss-52	116	23	theory	theory	NOUN
esutjss-52	116	24	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	116	25	although	although	SCONJ
esutjss-52	116	26	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	116	27	some	some	DET
esutjss-52	116	28	respects	respect	NOUN
esutjss-52	116	29	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	116	30	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	116	31	explanation	explanation	NOUN
esutjss-52	116	32	could	could	AUX
esutjss-52	116	33	draw	draw	VERB
esutjss-52	116	34	some	some	DET
esutjss-52	116	35	significant	significant	ADJ
esutjss-52	116	36	meaning	meaning	NOUN
esutjss-52	116	37	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	116	38	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	116	39	perspective	perspective	NOUN
esutjss-52	116	40	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	116	41	elite	elite	ADJ
esutjss-52	116	42	theory	theory	NOUN
esutjss-52	116	43	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	116	44	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	116	45	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	117	1	generally	generally	ADV
esutjss-52	117	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	117	3	elitism	elitism	NOUN
esutjss-52	117	4	assumes	assume	VERB
esutjss-52	117	5	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	117	6	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	117	7	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	117	8	’s	’s	PART
esutjss-52	117	9	affairs	affair	NOUN
esutjss-52	117	10	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	117	11	best	well	ADV
esutjss-52	117	12	handled	handle	VERB
esutjss-52	117	13	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	117	14	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	117	15	small	small	ADJ
esutjss-52	117	16	subset	subset	NOUN
esutjss-52	117	17	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	117	18	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	117	19	members	member	NOUN
esutjss-52	117	20	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	117	21	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	117	22	modern	modern	ADJ
esutjss-52	117	23	societies	society	NOUN
esutjss-52	117	24	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	117	25	such	such	DET
esutjss-52	117	26	an	an	DET
esutjss-52	117	27	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN
esutjss-52	117	28	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	117	29	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	117	30	fact	fact	NOUN
esutjss-52	117	31	inevitable	inevitable	ADJ
esutjss-52	117	32	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	117	33	maloy	maloy	PROPN
esutjss-52	117	34	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	117	35	2020	2020	NUM
esutjss-52	117	36	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	117	37	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	118	1	admittedly	admittedly	ADV
esutjss-52	118	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	118	3	elites	elite	NOUN
esutjss-52	118	4	play	play	VERB
esutjss-52	118	5	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	118	6	roles	role	NOUN
esutjss-52	118	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	118	8	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	118	9	society	society	NOUN
esutjss-52	118	10	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	118	11	decide	decide	VERB
esutjss-52	118	12	what	what	PRON
esutjss-52	118	13	happens	happen	VERB
esutjss-52	118	14	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	118	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	118	16	economy	economy	NOUN
esutjss-52	118	17	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	118	18	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	118	19	polity	polity	NOUN
esutjss-52	118	20	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	119	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	119	2	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	119	3	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	119	4	similar	similar	ADJ
esutjss-52	119	5	reason	reason	NOUN
esutjss-52	119	6	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	119	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	119	8	elite	elite	ADJ
esutjss-52	119	9	class	class	NOUN
esutjss-52	119	10	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	119	11	basically	basically	ADV
esutjss-52	119	12	more	more	ADV
esutjss-52	119	13	pronounced	pronounced	ADJ
esutjss-52	119	14	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	119	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	119	16	agitation	agitation	NOUN
esutjss-52	119	17	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	119	18	surreptitious	surreptitious	ADJ
esutjss-52	119	19	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	119	20	surrounding	surround	VERB
esutjss-52	119	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	119	22	quests	quest	NOUN
esutjss-52	119	23	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	119	24	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	119	25	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	119	26	creation	creation	NOUN
esutjss-52	119	27	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	119	28	consequently	consequently	ADV
esutjss-52	119	29	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	119	30	strategically	strategically	ADV
esutjss-52	119	31	position	position	VERB
esutjss-52	119	32	themselves	themselves	PRON
esutjss-52	119	33	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	119	34	control	control	VERB
esutjss-52	119	35	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	119	36	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	119	37	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	119	38	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	119	39	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	119	40	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	119	41	pecuniary	pecuniary	ADJ
esutjss-52	119	42	interests	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	119	43	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	120	1	they	they	PRON
esutjss-52	120	2	front	front	VERB
esutjss-52	120	3	this	this	DET
esutjss-52	120	4	agenda	agenda	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	5	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	120	6	make	make	VERB
esutjss-52	120	7	significant	significant	ADJ
esutjss-52	120	8	impact	impact	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	9	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	120	10	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	120	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	120	12	fact	fact	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	13	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	120	14	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	120	15			PRON
esutjss-52	120	16	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	120	17	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	18	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	120	19	concentrated	concentrate	VERB
esutjss-52	120	20	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	120	21			PRON
esutjss-52	120	22	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	120	23	elites	elite	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	24	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	120	25	unified	unified	ADJ
esutjss-52	120	26	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	120	27			PRON
esutjss-52	120	28	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	120	29	non	non	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	30	-	-	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	31	elites	elite	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	32	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	120	33	diverse	diverse	ADJ
esutjss-52	120	34	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	120	35	powerless	powerless	ADJ
esutjss-52	120	36	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	120	37			PRON
esutjss-52	120	38	elites	elite	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	39	’	’	PART
esutjss-52	120	40	interests	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	41	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	120	42	unified	unified	ADJ
esutjss-52	120	43	due	due	ADP
esutjss-52	120	44	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	120	45	common	common	ADJ
esutjss-52	120	46	backgrounds	background	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	47	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	120	48	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	120	49			NOUN
esutjss-52	120	50	positions	position	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	51	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	120	52	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	120	53	defining	define	VERB
esutjss-52	120	54	characteristic	characteristic	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	55	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	120	56	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	57	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	120	58	institutional	institutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	120	59	position	position	NOUN
esutjss-52	120	60	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	121	1	although	although	SCONJ
esutjss-52	121	2	many	many	ADJ
esutjss-52	121	3	interferences	interference	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	4	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	121	5	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	121	6	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	7	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	8	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	121	9	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	10	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	121	11	driven	drive	VERB
esutjss-52	121	12	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	121	13	elites	elite	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	121	15	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	121	16	are	be	VERB
esutjss-52	121	17	irrefutable	irrefutable	ADJ
esutjss-52	121	18	evidences	evidence	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	19	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	121	20	show	show	VERB
esutjss-52	121	21	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	121	22	contrary	contrary	ADJ
esutjss-52	121	23	perspective	perspective	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	24	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	121	25	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	121	26	issue	issue	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	27	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	121	28	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	29	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	121	30	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	121	31	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	32	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	33	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	121	34	contemporary	contemporary	PROPN
esutjss-52	121	35	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	121	36	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	121	37	comes	come	VERB
esutjss-52	121	38	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	121	39	diverse	diverse	ADJ
esutjss-52	121	40	sources	source	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	41	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	121	42	comprising	comprising	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	43	elites	elite	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	44	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	121	45	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	121	46	general	general	ADJ
esutjss-52	121	47	public	public	NOUN
esutjss-52	121	48	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	122	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	122	2	diversity	diversity	NOUN
esutjss-52	122	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	122	4	actors	actor	NOUN
esutjss-52	122	5	situates	situate	VERB
esutjss-52	122	6	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	122	7	rationalizes	rationalize	VERB
esutjss-52	122	8	pluralism	pluralism	NOUN
esutjss-52	122	9	theory	theory	NOUN
esutjss-52	122	10	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	122	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	122	12	discourse	discourse	NOUN
esutjss-52	122	13	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	123	1	pluralism	pluralism	NOUN
esutjss-52	123	2	theory	theory	NOUN
esutjss-52	123	3	depicts	depict	VERB
esutjss-52	123	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	123	5	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	123	6	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	123	7	functioning	function	VERB
esutjss-52	123	8	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	123	9	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	123	10	clusters	cluster	NOUN
esutjss-52	123	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	123	12	competing	compete	VERB
esutjss-52	123	13	forces	force	NOUN
esutjss-52	123	14	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	123	15	emanate	emanate	VERB
esutjss-52	123	16	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	123	17	combination	combination	NOUN
esutjss-52	123	18	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	123	19	elites	elite	NOUN
esutjss-52	123	20	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	123	21	non	non	NOUN
esutjss-52	123	22	-	-	NOUN
esutjss-52	123	23	elites	elite	NOUN
esutjss-52	123	24	alike	alike	ADV
esutjss-52	123	25	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	124	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	124	2	proposes	propose	VERB
esutjss-52	124	3	more	more	ADJ
esutjss-52	124	4	than	than	ADP
esutjss-52	124	5	one	one	NUM
esutjss-52	124	6	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	124	8	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	124	10	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	124	11	tradition	tradition	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	12	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	124	13	emphasizes	emphasize	VERB
esutjss-52	124	14	how	how	SCONJ
esutjss-52	124	15	multiple	multiple	ADJ
esutjss-52	124	16	major	major	ADJ
esutjss-52	124	17	social	social	ADJ
esutjss-52	124	18	groups	group	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	19	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	124	20	interests	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	21	have	have	VERB
esutjss-52	124	22	influence	influence	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	23	upon	upon	SCONJ
esutjss-52	124	24	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	124	25	various	various	ADJ
esutjss-52	124	26	forms	form	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	27	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	124	28	representation	representation	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	29	within	within	ADP
esutjss-52	124	30	more	more	ADV
esutjss-52	124	31	powerful	powerful	ADJ
esutjss-52	124	32	sets	set	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	33	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	124	34	rulers	ruler	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	35	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	124	36	contributing	contribute	VERB
esutjss-52	124	37	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	124	38	decently	decently	ADV
esutjss-52	124	39	representative	representative	ADJ
esutjss-52	124	40	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	124	41	outcomes	outcome	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	42	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	124	43	reflect	reflect	VERB
esutjss-52	124	44	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	124	45	collective	collective	ADJ
esutjss-52	124	46	needs	need	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	47	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	124	48	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	124	49	society	society	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	50	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	124	51	dye	dye	NOUN
esutjss-52	124	52	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	124	53	2000	2000	NUM
esutjss-52	124	54	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	124	55	deric	deric	PROPN
esutjss-52	124	56	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	124	57	2011	2011	NUM
esutjss-52	124	58	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	124	59	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	125	1	hence	hence	ADV
esutjss-52	125	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	125	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	125	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	125	5	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	125	6	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	125	7	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	125	8	only	only	ADV
esutjss-52	125	9	politicized	politicize	VERB
esutjss-52	125	10	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	125	11	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	125	12	subject	subject	NOUN
esutjss-52	125	13	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	125	14	interwoven	interwoven	ADJ
esutjss-52	125	15	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	125	16	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	126	1	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	126	2	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	126	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	126	4	activity	activity	NOUN
esutjss-52	126	5	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	126	6	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	126	7	differing	differ	VERB
esutjss-52	126	8	interests	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	126	9	within	within	ADP
esutjss-52	126	10	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	126	11	given	give	VERB
esutjss-52	126	12	unit	unit	NOUN
esutjss-52	126	13	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	126	14	rule	rule	NOUN
esutjss-52	126	15	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	126	16	conciliated	conciliate	VERB
esutjss-52	126	17	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	126	18	giving	give	VERB
esutjss-52	126	19	them	they	PRON
esutjss-52	126	20	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	126	21	share	share	NOUN
esutjss-52	126	22	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	126	23	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	126	24	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	126	25	proportion	proportion	NOUN
esutjss-52	126	26	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	126	27	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	126	28	importance	importance	NOUN
esutjss-52	126	29	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	126	30	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	126	31	welfare	welfare	NOUN
esutjss-52	126	32	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	126	33	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	126	34	survival	survival	NOUN
esutjss-52	126	35	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	126	36	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	126	37	whole	whole	ADJ
esutjss-52	126	38	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	126	39	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	127	1	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	127	2	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	127	3	also	also	ADV
esutjss-52	127	4	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	127	5	form	form	NOUN
esutjss-52	127	6	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	127	7	rule	rule	NOUN
esutjss-52	127	8	whereby	whereby	SCONJ
esutjss-52	127	9	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	127	10	act	act	VERB
esutjss-52	127	11	together	together	ADV
esutjss-52	127	12	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	127	13	institutionalized	institutionalize	VERB
esutjss-52	127	14	procedures	procedure	NOUN
esutjss-52	127	15	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	127	16	resolve	resolve	VERB
esutjss-52	127	17	differences	difference	NOUN
esutjss-52	127	18	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	127	19	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	127	20	conciliate	conciliate	VERB
esutjss-52	127	21	diverse	diverse	ADJ
esutjss-52	127	22	interests	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	127	23	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	127	24	values	value	NOUN
esutjss-52	127	25	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	127	26	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	127	27	make	make	VERB
esutjss-52	127	28	public	public	ADJ
esutjss-52	127	29	policies	policy	NOUN
esutjss-52	127	30	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	127	31	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	127	32	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN
esutjss-52	127	33	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	127	34	common	common	ADJ
esutjss-52	127	35	purposes	purpose	NOUN
esutjss-52	127	36	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	127	37	crick	crick	NOUN
esutjss-52	127	38	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	127	39	2004	2004	NUM
esutjss-52	127	40	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	127	41	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	128	1	interest	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	128	2	embedded	embed	VERB
esutjss-52	128	3	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	128	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	128	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	128	6	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	128	7	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	128	8	sharply	sharply	ADV
esutjss-52	128	9	divided	divide	VERB
esutjss-52	128	10	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	128	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	128	12	division	division	NOUN
esutjss-52	128	13	reflects	reflect	VERB
esutjss-52	128	14	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	128	15	differences	difference	NOUN
esutjss-52	128	16	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	128	17	positions	position	NOUN
esutjss-52	128	18	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	128	19	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	128	20	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	128	21	static	static	ADJ
esutjss-52	128	22	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	128	23	switches	switch	NOUN
esutjss-52	128	24	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	128	25	time	time	NOUN
esutjss-52	128	26	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	129	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	129	2	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	129	3	understandable	understandable	ADJ
esutjss-52	129	4	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	129	5	while	while	SCONJ
esutjss-52	129	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	129	7	public	public	NOUN
esutjss-52	129	8	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	129	9	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	129	10	section	section	NOUN
esutjss-52	129	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	129	12	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	129	13	elite	elite	ADJ
esutjss-52	129	14	class	class	NOUN
esutjss-52	129	15	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	129	16	championing	champion	VERB
esutjss-52	129	17	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	129	18	advocacy	advocacy	NOUN
esutjss-52	129	19	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	129	20	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	129	21	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	129	22	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	129	23	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	129	24	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	129	25	tiny	tiny	ADJ
esutjss-52	129	26	fraction	fraction	NOUN
esutjss-52	129	27	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	129	28	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	129	29	elite	elite	NOUN
esutjss-52	129	30	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	129	31	positions	position	NOUN
esutjss-52	129	32	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	129	33	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	129	34	tends	tend	VERB
esutjss-52	129	35	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	129	36	politicize	politicize	VERB
esutjss-52	129	37	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	129	38	clarion	clarion	NOUN
esutjss-52	129	39	calls	call	NOUN
esutjss-52	129	40	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	130	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	130	2	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	130	3	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	130	4	doing	do	VERB
esutjss-52	130	5	so	so	ADV
esutjss-52	130	6	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	130	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	130	8	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	130	9	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	130	10	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	130	11	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	130	12	cohorts	cohort	NOUN
esutjss-52	130	13	readily	readily	ADV
esutjss-52	130	14	rejects	reject	VERB
esutjss-52	130	15	public	public	ADJ
esutjss-52	130	16	opinion	opinion	NOUN
esutjss-52	130	17	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	130	18	favour	favour	NOUN
esutjss-52	130	19	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	130	20	violence	violence	NOUN
esutjss-52	130	21	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	130	22	suppression	suppression	NOUN
esutjss-52	130	23	without	without	ADP
esutjss-52	130	24	reconciling	reconcile	VERB
esutjss-52	130	25	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	130	26	conflicting	conflict	VERB
esutjss-52	130	27	interests	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	130	28	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	131	1	reconciliation	reconciliation	NOUN
esutjss-52	131	2	refers	refer	VERB
esutjss-52	131	3	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	131	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	131	5	decision	decision	NOUN
esutjss-52	131	6	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	131	7	making	making	NOUN
esutjss-52	131	8	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	131	9	policy	policy	NOUN
esutjss-52	131	10	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	131	11	making	making	NOUN
esutjss-52	131	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	131	13	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	131	14	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	131	15	authoritative	authoritative	ADJ
esutjss-52	131	16	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	131	17	binding	bind	VERB
esutjss-52	131	18	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	131	19	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	131	20	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	131	21	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	132	1	every	every	DET
esutjss-52	132	2	organised	organise	VERB
esutjss-52	132	3	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	132	4	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	132	5	made	make	VERB
esutjss-52	132	6	up	up	ADP
esutjss-52	132	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	132	8	interest	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	132	9	groups	group	NOUN
esutjss-52	132	10	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	133	1	differences	difference	NOUN
esutjss-52	133	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	133	3	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	133	4	manifest	manifest	VERB
esutjss-52	133	5	themselves	themselves	PRON
esutjss-52	133	6	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	133	7	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	133	8	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	133	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	133	10	among	among	ADP
esutjss-52	133	11	competing	compete	VERB
esutjss-52	133	12	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	133	13	conflicting	conflicting	ADJ
esutjss-52	133	14	interests	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	133	15	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	134	1	when	when	SCONJ
esutjss-52	134	2	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	134	3	is	be	VERB
esutjss-52	134	4	conflict	conflict	NOUN
esutjss-52	134	5	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	134	6	interest	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	134	7	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	134	8	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN
esutjss-52	134	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	134	10	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	134	11	is	be	VERB
esutjss-52	134	12	need	need	NOUN
esutjss-52	134	13	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	134	14	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	134	15	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	134	16	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	134	17	reconciles	reconcile	VERB
esutjss-52	134	18	these	these	DET
esutjss-52	134	19	interests	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	134	20	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	135	1	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	135	2	takes	take	VERB
esutjss-52	135	3	place	place	NOUN
esutjss-52	135	4	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	135	5	organised	organised	ADJ
esutjss-52	135	6	groups	group	NOUN
esutjss-52	135	7	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	136	1	without	without	ADP
esutjss-52	136	2	some	some	DET
esutjss-52	136	3	form	form	NOUN
esutjss-52	136	4	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	136	5	social	social	ADJ
esutjss-52	136	6	organisation	organisation	NOUN
esutjss-52	136	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	136	8	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	136	9	can	can	AUX
esutjss-52	136	10	hardly	hardly	ADV
esutjss-52	136	11	take	take	VERB
esutjss-52	136	12	place	place	NOUN
esutjss-52	136	13	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	136	14	ujo	ujo	PROPN
esutjss-52	136	15	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	136	16	1989	1989	NUM
esutjss-52	136	17	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	136	18	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	137	1	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	137	2	does	do	AUX
esutjss-52	137	3	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	137	4	only	only	ADV
esutjss-52	137	5	express	express	VERB
esutjss-52	137	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	137	7	reality	reality	NOUN
esutjss-52	137	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	137	9	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN
esutjss-52	137	10	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	137	11	conflict	conflict	NOUN
esutjss-52	137	12	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	137	13	society	society	NOUN
esutjss-52	137	14	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	137	15	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	137	16	also	also	ADV
esutjss-52	137	17	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	137	18	‘	'	PUNCT
esutjss-52	137	19	one	one	NUM
esutjss-52	137	20	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	137	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	137	22	ways	way	NOUN
esutjss-52	137	23	we	we	PRON
esutjss-52	137	24	know	know	VERB
esutjss-52	137	25	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	137	26	how	how	SCONJ
esutjss-52	137	27	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	137	28	address	address	VERB
esutjss-52	137	29	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	137	30	potentially	potentially	ADV
esutjss-52	137	31	patch	patch	VERB
esutjss-52	137	32	up	up	ADP
esutjss-52	137	33	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	137	34	disagreements	disagreement	NOUN
esutjss-52	137	35	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	137	36	characterise	characterise	VERB
esutjss-52	137	37	our	our	PRON
esutjss-52	137	38	societies	society	NOUN
esutjss-52	137	39	without	without	ADP
esutjss-52	137	40	recourse	recourse	NOUN
esutjss-52	137	41	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	137	42	illegitimate	illegitimate	VERB
esutjss-52	137	43	coercion	coercion	NOUN
esutjss-52	137	44	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	137	45	violence	violence	NOUN
esutjss-52	137	46	’	'	PUNCT
esutjss-52	137	47	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	137	48	stoker	stoker	NOUN
esutjss-52	137	49	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	137	50	2006	2006	NUM
esutjss-52	137	51	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	137	52	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	138	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	138	2	bane	bane	NOUN
esutjss-52	138	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	138	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	138	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	138	6	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	138	7	been	be	AUX
esutjss-52	138	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	138	9	politicization	politicization	NOUN
esutjss-52	138	10	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	138	11	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	138	12	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	138	13	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	139	1	according	accord	VERB
esutjss-52	139	2	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	139	3	former	former	ADJ
esutjss-52	139	4	president	president	PROPN
esutjss-52	139	5	olusegun	olusegun	PROPN
esutjss-52	139	6	obasanjo	obasanjo	PROPN
esutjss-52	139	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	139	8	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	139	9	what	what	PRON
esutjss-52	139	10	we	we	PRON
esutjss-52	139	11	know	know	VERB
esutjss-52	139	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	139	13	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	139	14	design	design	NOUN
esutjss-52	139	15	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	139	16	most	most	ADJ
esutjss-52	139	17	states	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	139	18	have	have	AUX
esutjss-52	139	19	incapacitated	incapacitate	VERB
esutjss-52	139	20	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	139	21	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	139	22	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	139	23	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	140	1	they	they	PRON
esutjss-52	140	2	have	have	AUX
esutjss-52	140	3	virtually	virtually	ADV
esutjss-52	140	4	stolen	steal	VERB
esutjss-52	140	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	140	6	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	140	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	140	8	money	money	NOUN
esutjss-52	140	9	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	140	10	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	140	11	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	140	12	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	140	13	155	155	NUM
esutjss-52	140	14	what	what	PRON
esutjss-52	140	15	they	they	PRON
esutjss-52	140	16	called	call	VERB
esutjss-52	140	17	joint	joint	ADJ
esutjss-52	140	18	account	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	140	19	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	141	1	they	they	PRON
esutjss-52	141	2	were	be	AUX
esutjss-52	141	3	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	141	4	contribute	contribute	VERB
esutjss-52	141	5	10	10	NUM
esutjss-52	141	6	percent	percent	NOUN
esutjss-52	141	7	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	141	8	they	they	PRON
esutjss-52	141	9	never	never	ADV
esutjss-52	141	10	contributed	contribute	VERB
esutjss-52	141	11	anything	anything	PRON
esutjss-52	141	12	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	141	13	oyeweso	oyeweso	NOUN
esutjss-52	141	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	141	15	2018	2018	NUM
esutjss-52	141	16	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	141	17	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	142	1	this	this	DET
esutjss-52	142	2	controversy	controversy	NOUN
esutjss-52	142	3	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	142	4	been	be	AUX
esutjss-52	142	5	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	142	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	142	7	front	front	ADJ
esutjss-52	142	8	burner	burner	NOUN
esutjss-52	142	9	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	142	10	national	national	ADJ
esutjss-52	142	11	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	142	12	debates	debate	NOUN
esutjss-52	142	13	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	142	14	legislative	legislative	ADJ
esutjss-52	142	15	meanderings	meandering	NOUN
esutjss-52	142	16	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	143	1	both	both	DET
esutjss-52	143	2	reforms	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	143	3	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	143	4	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	143	5	antidotes	antidote	NOUN
esutjss-52	143	6	have	have	AUX
esutjss-52	143	7	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	143	8	bridged	bridge	VERB
esutjss-52	143	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	143	10	non	non	ADJ
esutjss-52	143	11	-	-	NOUN
esutjss-52	143	12	adherence	adherence	NOUN
esutjss-52	143	13	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	143	14	compliance	compliance	NOUN
esutjss-52	143	15	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	143	16	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	143	17	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	143	18	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	143	19	legislative	legislative	ADJ
esutjss-52	143	20	efforts	effort	NOUN
esutjss-52	143	21	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	143	22	outright	outright	ADJ
esutjss-52	143	23	reforms	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	143	24	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	1	according	accord	VERB
esutjss-52	144	2	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	144	3	okoli	okoli	PROPN
esutjss-52	144	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	5	1980	1980	NUM
esutjss-52	144	6	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	8	nwosu	nwosu	NOUN
esutjss-52	144	9	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	10	1989	1989	NUM
esutjss-52	144	11	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	13	ogunna	ogunna	PROPN
esutjss-52	144	14	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	15	1996	1996	NUM
esutjss-52	144	16	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	17	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	18	ezeani	ezeani	PROPN
esutjss-52	144	19	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	20	2014),onuigbo	2014),onuigbo	NUM
esutjss-52	144	21	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	22	2015),okibe	2015),okibe	NUM
esutjss-52	144	23	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	24	2016	2016	NUM
esutjss-52	144	25	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	26	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	144	27	ugwu	ugwu	ADV
esutjss-52	144	28	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	29	2017	2017	NUM
esutjss-52	144	30	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	31	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	32	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	144	33	reforms	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	144	34	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	144	35	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	144	36	provisions	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	144	37	made	make	VERB
esutjss-52	144	38	express	express	ADJ
esutjss-52	144	39	statements	statement	NOUN
esutjss-52	144	40	regarding	regard	VERB
esutjss-52	144	41	some	some	DET
esutjss-52	144	42	key	key	ADJ
esutjss-52	144	43	issues	issue	NOUN
esutjss-52	144	44	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	144	45	would	would	AUX
esutjss-52	144	46	safeguard	safeguard	VERB
esutjss-52	144	47	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	144	48	promote	promote	VERB
esutjss-52	144	49	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	144	50	credibility	credibility	NOUN
esutjss-52	144	51	status	status	NOUN
esutjss-52	144	52	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	144	53	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	144	54	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	144	55	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	144	56	without	without	ADP
esutjss-52	144	57	promising	promise	VERB
esutjss-52	144	58	results	result	NOUN
esutjss-52	144	59	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	145	1	these	these	DET
esutjss-52	145	2	efforts	effort	NOUN
esutjss-52	145	3	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	145	4	serially	serially	ADV
esutjss-52	145	5	listed	list	VERB
esutjss-52	145	6	hereunder	hereunder	NOUN
esutjss-52	145	7	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	145	8	show	show	VERB
esutjss-52	145	9	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	145	10	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	145	11	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	145	12	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	145	13	lack	lack	NOUN
esutjss-52	145	14	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	145	15	law	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	145	16	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	145	17	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	145	18	promotes	promote	VERB
esutjss-52	145	19	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	145	20	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	145	21	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	145	22	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	145	23	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	145	24	bane	bane	NOUN
esutjss-52	145	25	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	145	26	lack	lack	NOUN
esutjss-52	145	27	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	145	28	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	145	29	will	will	NOUN
esutjss-52	145	30	amid	amid	ADP
esutjss-52	145	31	institutional	institutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	145	32	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	145	33	organized	organized	ADJ
esutjss-52	145	34	corruption	corruption	NOUN
esutjss-52	145	35	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	146	1	these	these	DET
esutjss-52	146	2	efforts	effort	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	3	include	include	VERB
esutjss-52	146	4	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	146	5			X
esutjss-52	146	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	146	7	recognition	recognition	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	146	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	146	10	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	146	11	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	12	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	146	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	146	14	third	third	ADJ
esutjss-52	146	15	tier	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	16	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	146	17	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	18	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	146	19	this	this	DET
esutjss-52	146	20	recognition	recognition	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	21	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	146	22	clearly	clearly	ADV
esutjss-52	146	23	articulated	articulated	ADJ
esutjss-52	146	24	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	146	25	expressly	expressly	ADV
esutjss-52	146	26	written	write	VERB
esutjss-52	146	27	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	146	28	contained	contain	VERB
esutjss-52	146	29	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	146	30	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	146	31	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	32	report	report	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	33	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	146	34	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	146	35	1979	1979	NUM
esutjss-52	146	36	constitution	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	37	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	146	38	including	include	VERB
esutjss-52	146	39	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	146	40	successive	successive	ADJ
esutjss-52	146	41	constitutions	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	42	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	146	43	technical	technical	ADJ
esutjss-52	146	44	committee	committee	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	45	reports	report	VERB
esutjss-52	146	46	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	146	47			PRON
esutjss-52	146	48	uniformity	uniformity	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	49	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	146	50	structure	structure	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	51	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	146	52	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	146	53	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	54	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	146	55	accorded	accord	VERB
esutjss-52	146	56	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	146	57	uniform	uniform	ADJ
esutjss-52	146	58	structure	structure	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	59	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	146	60	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	146	61	clearly	clearly	ADV
esutjss-52	146	62	defined	define	VERB
esutjss-52	146	63	offices	office	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	64	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	146	65	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	66	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	146	67	such	such	ADJ
esutjss-52	146	68	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	146	69	chairmen	chairman	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	70	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	146	71	elected	elect	VERB
esutjss-52	146	72	councilors	councilor	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	73	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	146	74	nominated	nominate	VERB
esutjss-52	146	75	supervisory	supervisory	ADJ
esutjss-52	146	76	councilors	councilor	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	77	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	146	78	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	146	79	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	146	80	definite	definite	ADJ
esutjss-52	146	81	number	number	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	82	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	146	83	committees	committee	NOUN
esutjss-52	146	84	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	147	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	147	2	finance	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	3	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	147	4	general	general	ADJ
esutjss-52	147	5	purposes	purpose	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	6	committee	committee	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	7	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	147	8	f&gp	f&gp	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	9	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	147	10	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	147	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	147	12	highest	high	ADJ
esutjss-52	147	13	policy	policy	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	14	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	147	15	decision	decision	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	16	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	147	17	making	making	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	18	organ	organ	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	19	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	147	20	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	147	21	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	147	22	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	23	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	24	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	147	25			NOUN
esutjss-52	147	26	fixed	fix	VERB
esutjss-52	147	27	size	size	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	28	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	147	29	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	147	30	low	low	ADJ
esutjss-52	147	31	limit	limit	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	32	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	33	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	147	34	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	147	35	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	36	population	population	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	37	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	147	38	pegged	peg	VERB
esutjss-52	147	39	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	147	40	150,000	150,000	NUM
esutjss-52	147	41	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	147	42	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	147	43	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	147	44	caveat	caveat	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	45	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	147	46	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	147	47	population	population	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	48	could	could	AUX
esutjss-52	147	49	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	147	50	less	less	ADJ
esutjss-52	147	51	than	than	ADP
esutjss-52	147	52	150,000	150,000	NUM
esutjss-52	147	53	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	147	54	special	special	ADJ
esutjss-52	147	55	permission	permission	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	56	granted	grant	VERB
esutjss-52	147	57	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	147	58	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	147	59	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	147	60	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	147	61	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	148	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	148	2	upper	upper	ADJ
esutjss-52	148	3	limit	limit	NOUN
esutjss-52	148	4	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	148	5	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	148	6	800,000	800,000	NUM
esutjss-52	148	7	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	148	8	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	148	9	exceptional	exceptional	ADJ
esutjss-52	148	10	geographical	geographical	ADJ
esutjss-52	148	11	conditions	condition	NOUN
esutjss-52	148	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	148	13	relating	relate	VERB
esutjss-52	148	14	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	148	15	cluster	cluster	NOUN
esutjss-52	148	16	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	148	17	major	major	ADJ
esutjss-52	148	18	towns	town	NOUN
esutjss-52	148	19	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	148	20	high	high	ADJ
esutjss-52	148	21	population	population	NOUN
esutjss-52	148	22	density	density	NOUN
esutjss-52	148	23	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	149	1	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	149	2	is	be	VERB
esutjss-52	149	3	permission	permission	NOUN
esutjss-52	149	4	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	149	5	no	no	DET
esutjss-52	149	6	upper	upper	ADJ
esutjss-52	149	7	limits	limit	NOUN
esutjss-52	149	8	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	149	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	149	10	size	size	NOUN
esutjss-52	149	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	149	12	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	149	13	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	149	14	covering	cover	VERB
esutjss-52	149	15	major	major	ADJ
esutjss-52	149	16	towns	town	NOUN
esutjss-52	149	17	within	within	ADP
esutjss-52	149	18	single	single	ADJ
esutjss-52	149	19	units	unit	NOUN
esutjss-52	149	20	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	149	21			NOUN
esutjss-52	149	22	fixed	fix	VERB
esutjss-52	149	23	tenure	tenure	NOUN
esutjss-52	149	24	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	149	25	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	149	26	tenure	tenure	NOUN
esutjss-52	149	27	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	149	28	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	149	29	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	149	30	executive	executive	NOUN
esutjss-52	149	31	pegged	peg	VERB
esutjss-52	149	32	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	149	33	three	three	NUM
esutjss-52	149	34	years	year	NOUN
esutjss-52	149	35	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	149	36	two	two	NUM
esutjss-52	149	37	terms	term	NOUN
esutjss-52	149	38	limit	limit	VERB
esutjss-52	149	39	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	150	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	150	2	stabilized	stabilize	VERB
esutjss-52	150	3	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	4	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	150	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	150	6	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	7	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	150	8	ensured	ensure	VERB
esutjss-52	150	9	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	150	10	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	150	11	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	150	12	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	150	13	subject	subject	ADJ
esutjss-52	150	14	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	150	15	manipulation	manipulation	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	16	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	150	17			DET
esutjss-52	150	18	establishment	establishment	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	19	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	150	20	boards	board	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	21	/	/	SYM
esutjss-52	150	22	commissions	commission	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	23	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	150	24	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	150	25	were	be	VERB
esutjss-52	150	26	approvals	approval	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	27	to	to	AUX
esutjss-52	150	28	established	establish	VERB
esutjss-52	150	29	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	150	30	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	31	service	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	32	boards	board	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	33	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	150	34	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	150	35	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	36	service	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	37	commissions	commission	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	38	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	150	39	monitoring	monitoring	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	40	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	150	41	coordination	coordination	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	42	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	150	43	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	150	44	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	45	activities	activity	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	46	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	150	47	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	150	48			NOUN
esutjss-52	150	49	mandatory	mandatory	ADJ
esutjss-52	150	50	deduction	deduction	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	51	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	150	52	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	150	53	set	set	VERB
esutjss-52	150	54	aside	aside	ADV
esutjss-52	150	55	one	one	NUM
esutjss-52	150	56	percent	percent	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	57	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	150	58	1	1	NUM
esutjss-52	150	59	%	%	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	60	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	150	61	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	150	62	training	training	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	63	fund	fund	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	64	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	150	65	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	150	66	training	training	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	67	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	150	68	retraining	retraining	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	69	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	150	70	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	150	71	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	72	staff	staff	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	73	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	150	74	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	150	75	administered	administer	VERB
esutjss-52	150	76	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	150	77	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	150	78	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	150	79	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	80	service	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	150	81	commission	commission	PROPN
esutjss-52	150	82	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	151	1	going	go	VERB
esutjss-52	151	2	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	151	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	151	4	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	151	5	reforms	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	151	6	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	151	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	151	8	structure	structure	NOUN
esutjss-52	151	9	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	151	10	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	151	11	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	151	12	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	151	13	consists	consist	VERB
esutjss-52	151	14	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	151	15	two	two	NUM
esutjss-52	151	16	interdependent	interdependent	ADJ
esutjss-52	151	17	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	151	18	complementary	complementary	ADJ
esutjss-52	151	19	units	unit	NOUN
esutjss-52	151	20	–	–	PUNCT
esutjss-52	151	21	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	151	22	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	151	23	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	151	24	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	151	25	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	151	26	intend	intend	VERB
esutjss-52	151	27	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	151	28	anchor	anchor	VERB
esutjss-52	151	29	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	151	30	operations	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	151	31	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	151	32	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	151	33	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	152	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	152	2	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	152	3	report	report	NOUN
esutjss-52	152	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	152	5	frn	frn	PROPN
esutjss-52	152	6	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	152	7	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	152	8	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	152	9	indicates	indicate	VERB
esutjss-52	152	10	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	152	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	152	12	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	152	13	unit	unit	NOUN
esutjss-52	152	14	encompasses	encompass	VERB
esutjss-52	152	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	152	16	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	152	17	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	152	18	chairman	chairman	NOUN
esutjss-52	152	19	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	152	20	followed	follow	VERB
esutjss-52	152	21	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	152	22	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	152	23	committee	committee	NOUN
esutjss-52	152	24	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	152	25	supervisory	supervisory	ADJ
esutjss-52	152	26	councilors	councilor	NOUN
esutjss-52	152	27	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	152	28	while	while	SCONJ
esutjss-52	152	29	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	152	30	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	152	31	unit	unit	NOUN
esutjss-52	152	32	consists	consist	VERB
esutjss-52	152	33	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	152	34	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	152	35	office	office	NOUN
esutjss-52	152	36	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	152	37	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	152	38	secretary	secretary	NOUN
esutjss-52	152	39	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	152	40	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	152	41	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	152	42	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	152	43	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	152	44	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	152	45	various	various	ADJ
esutjss-52	152	46	departments	department	NOUN
esutjss-52	152	47	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	153	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	153	2	civil	civil	ADJ
esutjss-52	153	3	service	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	4	reforms	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	5	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	153	6	came	come	VERB
esutjss-52	153	7	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	153	8	limelight	limelight	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	9	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	153	10	1988	1988	NUM
esutjss-52	153	11	provides	provide	VERB
esutjss-52	153	12	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	153	13	six	six	NUM
esutjss-52	153	14	departments	department	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	15	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	153	16	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	153	17	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	153	18	essence	essence	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	19	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	153	20	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	153	21	save	save	VERB
esutjss-52	153	22	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	153	23	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	24	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	153	25	snowballing	snowballing	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	26	into	into	ADP
esutjss-52	153	27	any	any	DET
esutjss-52	153	28	form	form	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	29	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	153	30	structural	structural	ADJ
esutjss-52	153	31	ambiguity	ambiguity	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	32	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	153	33	included	include	VERB
esutjss-52	153	34	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	153	35			NOUN
esutjss-52	153	36	personnel	personnel	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	37	management	management	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	38	department	department	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	39	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	153	40			NOUN
esutjss-52	153	41	finance	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	42	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	153	43	supplies	supply	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	44	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	153	45	planning	planning	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	46	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	153	47	research	research	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	48	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	153	49	statistics	statistic	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	50	department	department	PROPN
esutjss-52	153	51	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	153	52			NOUN
esutjss-52	153	53	education	education	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	54	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	153	55	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	56	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	153	57	department	department	PROPN
esutjss-52	153	58	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	154	1			NOUN
esutjss-52	154	2	agriculture	agriculture	NOUN
esutjss-52	154	3	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	154	4	natural	natural	ADJ
esutjss-52	154	5	resources	resource	NOUN
esutjss-52	154	6	department	department	NOUN
esutjss-52	154	7	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	154	8			NOUN
esutjss-52	154	9	works	work	NOUN
esutjss-52	154	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	154	11	housing	housing	NOUN
esutjss-52	154	12	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	154	13	survey	survey	NOUN
esutjss-52	154	14	department	department	NOUN
esutjss-52	154	15	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	154	16	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	154	17			NOUN
esutjss-52	154	18	medical	medical	ADJ
esutjss-52	154	19	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	154	20	primary	primary	ADJ
esutjss-52	154	21	healthcare	healthcare	PROPN
esutjss-52	154	22	department	department	PROPN
esutjss-52	154	23	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	155	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	155	2	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	155	3	exposed	expose	VERB
esutjss-52	155	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	155	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	155	6	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	155	7	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	155	8	challenges	challenge	NOUN
esutjss-52	155	9	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	155	10	dependence	dependence	NOUN
esutjss-52	155	11	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	155	12	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	155	13	tiers	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	155	14	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	155	15	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	155	16	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	155	17	lack	lack	NOUN
esutjss-52	155	18	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	155	19	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	155	20	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	155	21	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	155	22	composition	composition	NOUN
esutjss-52	155	23	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	155	24	operations	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	155	25	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	156	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	156	2	degenerates	degenerate	VERB
esutjss-52	156	3	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	156	4	situations	situation	NOUN
esutjss-52	156	5	whereby	whereby	SCONJ
esutjss-52	156	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	156	7	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	156	8	governors	governor	NOUN
esutjss-52	156	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	156	10	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	156	11	most	most	ADJ
esutjss-52	156	12	cases	case	NOUN
esutjss-52	156	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	156	14	determine	determine	VERB
esutjss-52	156	15	who	who	PRON
esutjss-52	156	16	becomes	become	VERB
esutjss-52	156	17	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	156	18	chairmen	chairman	NOUN
esutjss-52	156	19	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	156	20	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	156	21	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	156	22	councils	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	156	23	either	either	CCONJ
esutjss-52	156	24	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	156	25	stage	stage	NOUN
esutjss-52	156	26	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	156	27	managed	manage	VERB
esutjss-52	156	28	elections	election	NOUN
esutjss-52	156	29	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	156	30	caretaker	caretaker	NOUN
esutjss-52	156	31	committees	committee	NOUN
esutjss-52	156	32	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	157	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	157	2	governors	governor	NOUN
esutjss-52	157	3	arrogated	arrogate	VERB
esutjss-52	157	4	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	157	5	themselves	themselves	PRON
esutjss-52	157	6	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	157	7	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	157	8	remove	remove	VERB
esutjss-52	157	9	those	those	DET
esutjss-52	157	10	elected	elect	VERB
esutjss-52	157	11	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	157	12	selected	select	VERB
esutjss-52	157	13	chairmen	chairman	NOUN
esutjss-52	157	14	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	157	15	office	office	NOUN
esutjss-52	157	16	when	when	SCONJ
esutjss-52	157	17	they	they	PRON
esutjss-52	157	18	misbehave	misbehave	VERB
esutjss-52	157	19	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	157	20	disobey	disobey	VERB
esutjss-52	157	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	157	22	gocs	gocs	PROPN
esutjss-52	157	23	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	157	24	uroko	uroko	NOUN
esutjss-52	157	25	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	157	26	2020	2020	NUM
esutjss-52	157	27	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	157	28	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	158	1	this	this	PRON
esutjss-52	158	2	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	158	3	usually	usually	ADV
esutjss-52	158	4	linked	link	VERB
esutjss-52	158	5	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	158	6	compromised	compromise	VERB
esutjss-52	158	7	elections	election	NOUN
esutjss-52	158	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	158	9	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	158	10	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	158	11	party	party	NOUN
esutjss-52	158	12	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	158	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	158	14	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	158	15	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	158	16	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	158	17	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	158	18	merely	merely	ADV
esutjss-52	158	19	conjures	conjure	NOUN
esutjss-52	158	20	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	158	21	impose	impose	VERB
esutjss-52	158	22	leaders	leader	NOUN
esutjss-52	158	23	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	158	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	158	25	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	158	26	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	158	27	these	these	DET
esutjss-52	158	28	leaders	leader	NOUN
esutjss-52	158	29	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	158	30	turn	turn	NOUN
esutjss-52	158	31	become	become	VERB
esutjss-52	158	32	accountable	accountable	ADJ
esutjss-52	158	33	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	158	34	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	158	35	governor	governor	NOUN
esutjss-52	158	36	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	158	37	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	158	38	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	158	39	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	158	40	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	158	41	populace	populace	NOUN
esutjss-52	158	42	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	158	43	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	158	44	area	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	158	45	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	159	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	159	2	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	159	3	words	word	NOUN
esutjss-52	159	4	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	159	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	159	6	states	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	159	7	often	often	ADV
esutjss-52	159	8	determine	determine	VERB
esutjss-52	159	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	159	10	tenure	tenure	NOUN
esutjss-52	159	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	159	12	elected	elect	VERB
esutjss-52	159	13	members	member	NOUN
esutjss-52	159	14	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	159	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	159	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	159	17	councils	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	159	18	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	159	19	ozohu	ozohu	PROPN
esutjss-52	159	20	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	159	21	suleiman	suleiman	PROPN
esutjss-52	159	22	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	159	23	paul	paul	PROPN
esutjss-52	159	24	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	159	25	2015	2015	NUM
esutjss-52	159	26	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	159	27	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	160	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	160	2	1979	1979	NUM
esutjss-52	160	3	constitution	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	160	4	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	160	5	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	160	6	section	section	NOUN
esutjss-52	160	7	148(5	148(5	NUM
esutjss-52	160	8	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	160	9	provides	provide	VERB
esutjss-52	160	10	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	160	11	statutory	statutory	ADJ
esutjss-52	160	12	allocations	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	160	13	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	160	14	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	160	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	160	16	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	160	17	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	160	18	both	both	CCONJ
esutjss-52	160	19	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	160	20	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	160	21	account	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	160	22	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	160	23	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	160	24	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	160	25	’s	’s	PART
esutjss-52	160	26	total	total	ADJ
esutjss-52	160	27	revenue	revenue	NOUN
esutjss-52	160	28	sources	source	NOUN
esutjss-52	160	29	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	160	30	ugwu	ugwu	ADJ
esutjss-52	160	31	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	160	32	2017:20	2017:20	NUM
esutjss-52	160	33	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	160	34	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	161	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	161	2	this	this	DET
esutjss-52	161	3	direction	direction	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	4	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	161	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	161	6	manipulation	manipulation	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	7	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	161	8	outright	outright	ADJ
esutjss-52	161	9	noncompliance	noncompliance	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	10	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	161	11	abuse	abuse	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	12	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	161	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	161	14	provisions	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	15	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	161	16	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	161	17	states	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	18	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	161	19	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	161	20	establishment	establishment	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	21	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	161	22	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	23	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	161	24	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	161	25	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	26	joint	joint	ADJ
esutjss-52	161	27	account	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	28	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	161	29	waters	water	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	30	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	161	31	down	down	ADP
esutjss-52	161	32	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	161	33	implementation	implementation	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	34	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	161	35	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	161	36	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	161	37	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	38	clause	clause	NOUN
esutjss-52	161	39	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	162	1	former	former	ADJ
esutjss-52	162	2	president	president	PROPN
esutjss-52	162	3	olusegun	olusegun	PROPN
esutjss-52	162	4	obasanjo	obasanjo	PROPN
esutjss-52	162	5	accused	accuse	VERB
esutjss-52	162	6	many	many	ADJ
esutjss-52	162	7	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	162	8	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	162	9	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	162	10	nigeria	nigeria	PRON
esutjss-52	162	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	162	12	stealing	steal	VERB
esutjss-52	162	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	162	14	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	162	15	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	162	16	funds	fund	NOUN
esutjss-52	162	17	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	162	18	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	162	19	joint	joint	ADJ
esutjss-52	162	20	accounts	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	162	21	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	162	22	thereby	thereby	ADV
esutjss-52	162	23	making	make	VERB
esutjss-52	162	24	grassroots	grassroots	ADJ
esutjss-52	162	25	developments	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	162	26	difficult	difficult	ADJ
esutjss-52	162	27	since	since	SCONJ
esutjss-52	162	28	they	they	PRON
esutjss-52	162	29	have	have	AUX
esutjss-52	162	30	been	be	AUX
esutjss-52	162	31	rendered	render	VERB
esutjss-52	162	32	incapacitated	incapacitated	ADJ
esutjss-52	162	33	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	162	34	oyeweso	oyeweso	NOUN
esutjss-52	162	35	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	162	36	2018	2018	NUM
esutjss-52	162	37	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	162	38	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	163	1	this	this	PRON
esutjss-52	163	2	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	163	3	part	part	NOUN
esutjss-52	163	4	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	163	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	163	6	many	many	ADJ
esutjss-52	163	7	reasons	reason	NOUN
esutjss-52	163	8	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	163	9	most	most	ADJ
esutjss-52	163	10	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	163	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	163	12	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	163	13	governors	governor	NOUN
esutjss-52	163	14	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	163	15	opposed	oppose	VERB
esutjss-52	163	16	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	163	17	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	163	18	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	163	19	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	163	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	163	21	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	163	22	will	will	AUX
esutjss-52	163	23	scuttle	scuttle	VERB
esutjss-52	163	24	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	163	25	stealing	steal	VERB
esutjss-52	163	26	spree	spree	NOUN
esutjss-52	163	27	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	163	28	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	163	29	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	163	30	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	163	31	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	163	32	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	164	1	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	164	2	appointing	appoint	VERB
esutjss-52	164	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	164	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	164	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	6	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	164	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	164	9	states	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	10	either	either	CCONJ
esutjss-52	164	11	directly	directly	ADV
esutjss-52	164	12	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	164	13	indirectly	indirectly	ADV
esutjss-52	164	14	control	control	VERB
esutjss-52	164	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	164	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	17	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	164	18	allocations	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	19	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	164	20	compel	compel	VERB
esutjss-52	164	21	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	164	22	persuade	persuade	VERB
esutjss-52	164	23	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	164	24	appointees	appointee	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	25	who	who	PRON
esutjss-52	164	26	serve	serve	VERB
esutjss-52	164	27	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	164	28	chairmen	chairman	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	29	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	164	30	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	164	31	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	164	32	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	33	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	164	34	compromised	compromise	VERB
esutjss-52	164	35	elections	election	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	36	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	164	37	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	164	38	acquiesce	acquiesce	VERB
esutjss-52	164	39	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	164	40	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	164	41	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	42	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	164	43	compromises	compromise	VERB
esutjss-52	164	44	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	164	45	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	46	funds	fund	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	47	under	under	ADP
esutjss-52	164	48	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	164	49	cloak	cloak	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	50	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	164	51	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	52	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	164	53	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	164	54	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	55	joint	joint	ADJ
esutjss-52	164	56	account	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	164	57	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	165	1	former	former	ADJ
esutjss-52	165	2	president	president	PROPN
esutjss-52	165	3	obasanjo	obasanjo	PROPN
esutjss-52	165	4	argues	argue	VERB
esutjss-52	165	5	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	165	6	what	what	PRON
esutjss-52	165	7	we	we	PRON
esutjss-52	165	8	have	have	AUX
esutjss-52	165	9	across	across	ADP
esutjss-52	165	10	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	165	11	country	country	NOUN
esutjss-52	165	12	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	165	13	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	165	14	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	165	15	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	165	16	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	165	17	have	have	VERB
esutjss-52	165	18	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	165	19	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	165	20	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	165	21	can	can	AUX
esutjss-52	165	22	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	165	23	perform	perform	VERB
esutjss-52	165	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	165	25	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	165	26	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	166	1	they	they	PRON
esutjss-52	166	2	have	have	VERB
esutjss-52	166	3	staff	staff	NOUN
esutjss-52	166	4	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	166	5	most	most	ADJ
esutjss-52	166	6	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	166	7	them	they	PRON
esutjss-52	166	8	can	can	AUX
esutjss-52	166	9	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	166	10	pay	pay	VERB
esutjss-52	166	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	166	12	staff	staff	NOUN
esutjss-52	166	13	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	166	14	we	we	PRON
esutjss-52	166	15	keep	keep	VERB
esutjss-52	166	16	getting	get	VERB
esutjss-52	166	17	excuses	excuse	NOUN
esutjss-52	166	18	upon	upon	SCONJ
esutjss-52	166	19	excuses	excuse	NOUN
esutjss-52	166	20	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	166	21	oyeweso	oyeweso	NOUN
esutjss-52	166	22	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	166	23	2018	2018	NUM
esutjss-52	166	24	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	166	25	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	167	1	corroborating	corroborate	VERB
esutjss-52	167	2	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	167	3	assertion	assertion	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	4	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	167	5	uroko	uroko	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	6	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	167	7	2020	2020	NUM
esutjss-52	167	8	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	167	9	notes	note	VERB
esutjss-52	167	10	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	167	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	167	12	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	13	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	167	14	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	167	15	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	16	joint	joint	ADJ
esutjss-52	167	17	account	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	18	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	167	19	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	167	20	fraud	fraud	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	21	–	–	PUNCT
esutjss-52	167	22	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	167	23	conduit	conduit	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	24	pipe	pipe	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	25	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	167	26	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	167	27	money	money	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	28	flows	flow	VERB
esutjss-52	167	29	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	167	30	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	167	31	allocation	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	32	into	into	ADP
esutjss-52	167	33	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	167	34	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	35	coffers	coffer	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	36	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	167	37	then	then	ADV
esutjss-52	167	38	distributed	distribute	VERB
esutjss-52	167	39	piecemeal	piecemeal	ADV
esutjss-52	167	40	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	167	41	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	167	42	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	167	43	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	44	just	just	ADV
esutjss-52	167	45	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	167	46	enable	enable	VERB
esutjss-52	167	47	them	they	PRON
esutjss-52	167	48	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	167	49	settle	settle	VERB
esutjss-52	167	50	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	167	51	wage	wage	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	52	bill	bill	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	53	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	167	54	run	run	VERB
esutjss-52	167	55	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	167	56	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	167	57	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	168	1	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	2	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	168	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	168	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	5	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	6	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	168	7	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	168	8	–	–	PUNCT
esutjss-52	168	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	168	10	pros	pro	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	11	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	168	12	cons	con	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	13	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	168	14	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	15	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	16	157	157	NUM
esutjss-52	168	17	scholars	scholar	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	18	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	168	19	practitioners	practitioner	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	20	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	168	21	divided	divide	VERB
esutjss-52	168	22	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	168	23	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	168	24	rationale	rationale	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	25	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	168	26	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	168	27	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	28	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	29	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	168	30	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	168	31	obvious	obvious	ADJ
esutjss-52	168	32	implications	implication	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	33	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	168	34	effective	effective	ADJ
esutjss-52	168	35	operations	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	36	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	168	37	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	168	38	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	39	under	under	ADP
esutjss-52	168	40	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	41	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	168	42	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	1	justifying	justify	VERB
esutjss-52	169	2	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	5	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	6	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	169	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	8	accompanying	accompanying	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	9	benefits	benefit	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	11	doho	doho	PROPN
esutjss-52	169	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	13	ahmed	ahmed	PROPN
esutjss-52	169	14	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	169	15	umar	umar	PROPN
esutjss-52	169	16	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	17	2018	2018	NUM
esutjss-52	169	18	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	19	believe	believe	VERB
esutjss-52	169	20	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	169	21	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	169	22	has	have	VERB
esutjss-52	169	23	intrinsic	intrinsic	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	24	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	169	25	extrinsic	extrinsic	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	26	benefits	benefit	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	27	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	28	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	169	29	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	169	30	highlighted	highlight	VERB
esutjss-52	169	31	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	169	32	include	include	VERB
esutjss-52	169	33	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	169	34	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	35	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	36	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	37	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	38			X
esutjss-52	169	39	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	40	education	education	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	41	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	42	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	43	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	44	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	45	will	will	AUX
esutjss-52	169	46	develops	develop	VERB
esutjss-52	169	47	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	48	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	49	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	50	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	169	51	help	help	VERB
esutjss-52	169	52	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	169	53	educating	educate	VERB
esutjss-52	169	54	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	55	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	56	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	169	57	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	58	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	59	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	60	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	169	61	acquire	acquire	VERB
esutjss-52	169	62	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	63	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	169	64	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	65	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	66	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	67	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	68			PRON
esutjss-52	169	69	strengthens	strengthen	VERB
esutjss-52	169	70	democratic	democratic	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	71	decentralization	decentralization	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	72	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	169	73	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	74	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	169	75	putting	put	VERB
esutjss-52	169	76	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	77	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	169	78	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	79	hands	hand	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	80	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	169	81	citizens	citizen	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	82	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	169	83	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	84	grassroots	grassroots	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	85	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	86	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	87	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	88	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	169	89	addition	addition	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	90	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	169	91	delivering	deliver	VERB
esutjss-52	169	92	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	93	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	94			PRON
esutjss-52	169	95	delivers	deliver	VERB
esutjss-52	169	96	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	97	evenly	evenly	ADV
esutjss-52	169	98	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	169	99	each	each	PRON
esutjss-52	169	100	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	169	101	every	every	DET
esutjss-52	169	102	nigerian	nigerian	PROPN
esutjss-52	169	103	since	since	SCONJ
esutjss-52	169	104	each	each	DET
esutjss-52	169	105	person	person	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	106	resides	reside	VERB
esutjss-52	169	107	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	169	108	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	169	109	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	110	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	111	located	locate	VERB
esutjss-52	169	112	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	169	113	either	either	CCONJ
esutjss-52	169	114	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	115	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	116	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	117	semi	semi	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	118	-	-	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	119	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	120	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	169	121	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	122	urban	urban	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	123	area	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	124	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	125			NOUN
esutjss-52	169	126	enables	enable	VERB
esutjss-52	169	127	capacity	capacity	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	128	building	building	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	129	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	169	130	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	131	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	169	132	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	133	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	134	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	135	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	169	136	will	will	AUX
esutjss-52	169	137	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	169	138	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	169	139	form	form	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	140	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	169	141	economic	economic	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	142	empowerment	empowerment	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	143	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	169	144	job	job	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	145	creation	creation	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	146	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	169	147	payment	payment	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	148	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	169	149	salary	salary	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	150	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	169	151	emoluments	emolument	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	152	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	169	153	freedom	freedom	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	154	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	169	155	external	external	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	156	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	157	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	169	158	allocation	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	159	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	160	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	169	161	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	162	excess	excess	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	163	can	can	AUX
esutjss-52	169	164	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	169	165	channeled	channel	VERB
esutjss-52	169	166	into	into	ADP
esutjss-52	169	167	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	168	economic	economic	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	169	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	170	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	169	171	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	172	communities	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	173	concern	concern	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	174	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	175			PRON
esutjss-52	169	176	guarantees	guarantee	VERB
esutjss-52	169	177	more	more	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	178	money	money	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	179	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	169	180	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	181	hands	hand	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	182	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	169	183	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	169	184	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	185	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	169	186	deliver	deliver	VERB
esutjss-52	169	187	services	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	188	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	169	189	citizens	citizen	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	190	since	since	SCONJ
esutjss-52	169	191	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	169	192	weakens	weaken	VERB
esutjss-52	169	193	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	194	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	169	195	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	169	196	concentration	concentration	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	197	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	169	198	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	199	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	169	200	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	169	201	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	169	202	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	170	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	170	2	contractors	contractor	NOUN
esutjss-52	170	3	can	can	AUX
esutjss-52	170	4	now	now	ADV
esutjss-52	170	5	rely	rely	VERB
esutjss-52	170	6	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	170	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	170	8	tier	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	170	9	instead	instead	ADV
esutjss-52	170	10	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	170	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	170	12	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	170	13	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	170	14	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	170	15	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	170	16	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	170	17	this	this	PRON
esutjss-52	170	18	may	may	AUX
esutjss-52	170	19	develop	develop	VERB
esutjss-52	170	20	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	170	21	capacity	capacity	NOUN
esutjss-52	170	22	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	170	23	handle	handle	VERB
esutjss-52	170	24	more	more	ADV
esutjss-52	170	25	bigger	big	ADJ
esutjss-52	170	26	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	170	27	complex	complex	ADJ
esutjss-52	170	28	project	project	NOUN
esutjss-52	170	29	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	170	30	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	170	31	future	future	NOUN
esutjss-52	170	32	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	170	33	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	170	34			PRON
esutjss-52	170	35	provides	provide	VERB
esutjss-52	170	36	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	170	37	voice	voice	NOUN
esutjss-52	170	38	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	170	39	minorities	minority	NOUN
esutjss-52	170	40	who	who	PRON
esutjss-52	170	41	will	will	AUX
esutjss-52	170	42	have	have	VERB
esutjss-52	170	43	representation	representation	NOUN
esutjss-52	170	44	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	170	45	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	170	46	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	170	47	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	170	48	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	170	49	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	171	1	minorities	minority	NOUN
esutjss-52	171	2	no	no	ADV
esutjss-52	171	3	matter	matter	ADV
esutjss-52	171	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	171	5	size	size	NOUN
esutjss-52	171	6	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	171	7	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	171	8	population	population	NOUN
esutjss-52	171	9	will	will	AUX
esutjss-52	171	10	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	171	11	part	part	NOUN
esutjss-52	171	12	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	171	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	171	14	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	171	15	equation	equation	NOUN
esutjss-52	171	16	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	171	17	process	process	NOUN
esutjss-52	171	18	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	171	19	making	make	VERB
esutjss-52	171	20	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	171	21	councilor	councilor	NOUN
esutjss-52	171	22	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	171	23	chairman	chairman	NOUN
esutjss-52	171	24	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	171	25	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	171	26	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	171	27	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	171	28	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	172	1	consequently	consequently	ADV
esutjss-52	172	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	172	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	172	4	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	172	5	national	national	PROPN
esutjss-52	172	6	assembly	assembly	PROPN
esutjss-52	172	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	172	8	about	about	ADV
esutjss-52	172	9	two	two	NUM
esutjss-52	172	10	consecutive	consecutive	ADJ
esutjss-52	172	11	occasions	occasion	NOUN
esutjss-52	172	12	passed	pass	VERB
esutjss-52	172	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	172	14	constitution	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	172	15	amendment	amendment	NOUN
esutjss-52	172	16	bills	bill	NOUN
esutjss-52	172	17	seeking	seek	VERB
esutjss-52	172	18	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	172	19	grant	grant	VERB
esutjss-52	172	20	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	172	21	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	172	22	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	172	23	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	172	24	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	172	25	enable	enable	VERB
esutjss-52	172	26	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	172	27	carryout	carryout	ADP
esutjss-52	172	28	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	172	29	previously	previously	ADV
esutjss-52	172	30	mentioned	mention	VERB
esutjss-52	172	31	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	172	32	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	172	33	even	even	ADV
esutjss-52	172	34	much	much	ADV
esutjss-52	172	35	more	more	ADJ
esutjss-52	172	36	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	173	1	however	however	ADV
esutjss-52	173	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	173	3	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	4	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	173	5	who	who	PRON
esutjss-52	173	6	controls	control	VERB
esutjss-52	173	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	173	8	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	173	9	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	10	between	between	ADP
esutjss-52	173	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	173	12	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	173	13	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	173	14	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	15	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	16	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	173	17	one	one	NUM
esutjss-52	173	18	hand	hand	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	19	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	173	20	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	173	21	national	national	ADJ
esutjss-52	173	22	assembly	assembly	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	23	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	173	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	173	25	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	26	houses	house	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	27	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	173	28	assembly	assembly	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	29	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	173	30	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	173	31	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	173	32	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	173	33	frustrated	frustrate	VERB
esutjss-52	173	34	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	173	35	efforts	effort	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	36	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	173	37	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	173	38	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	39	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	40	where	where	SCONJ
esutjss-52	173	41	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	173	42	required	require	VERB
esutjss-52	173	43	two	two	NUM
esutjss-52	173	44	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	173	45	third	third	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	46	concurring	concur	VERB
esutjss-52	173	47	affirmative	affirmative	ADJ
esutjss-52	173	48	vote	vote	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	49	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	173	50	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	173	51	36	36	NUM
esutjss-52	173	52	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	53	houses	house	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	54	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	173	55	assembly	assembly	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	56	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	173	57	pass	pass	VERB
esutjss-52	173	58	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	173	59	into	into	ADP
esutjss-52	173	60	law	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	173	61	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	174	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	174	2	one	one	NUM
esutjss-52	174	3	instance	instance	NOUN
esutjss-52	174	4	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	174	5	former	former	ADJ
esutjss-52	174	6	president	president	PROPN
esutjss-52	174	7	olusegun	olusegun	PROPN
esutjss-52	174	8	obasanjo	obasanjo	PROPN
esutjss-52	174	9	notes	note	VERB
esutjss-52	174	10	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	174	11	only	only	ADV
esutjss-52	174	12	9	9	NUM
esutjss-52	174	13	states	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	174	14	out	out	ADP
esutjss-52	174	15	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	174	16	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	174	17	24	24	NUM
esutjss-52	174	18	required	require	VERB
esutjss-52	174	19	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	174	20	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	174	21	constitution	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	174	22	had	have	AUX
esutjss-52	174	23	signed	sign	VERB
esutjss-52	174	24	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	174	25	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	175	1	they	they	PRON
esutjss-52	175	2	include	include	VERB
esutjss-52	175	3	ogun	ogun	PROPN
esutjss-52	175	4	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	5	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	175	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	175	7	south	south	PROPN
esutjss-52	175	8	west	west	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	175	10	bayelsa	bayelsa	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	11	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	175	12	cross	cross	PROPN
esutjss-52	175	13	river	river	PROPN
esutjss-52	175	14	states	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	15	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	175	16	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	175	17	south	south	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	18	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	175	19	south	south	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	175	21	bauchi	bauchi	ADJ
esutjss-52	175	22	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	23	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	175	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	175	25	north	north	PROPN
esutjss-52	175	26	east	east	PROPN
esutjss-52	175	27	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	175	28	sokoto	sokoto	PROPN
esutjss-52	175	29	state	state	PROPN
esutjss-52	175	30	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	175	31	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	175	32	north	north	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	33	west	west	PROPN
esutjss-52	175	34	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	175	35	kwara	kwara	PROPN
esutjss-52	175	36	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	175	37	niger	niger	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	38	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	175	39	plateau	plateau	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	40	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	175	41	benue	benue	VERB
esutjss-52	175	42	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	175	43	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	175	44	north	north	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	45	central	central	ADJ
esutjss-52	175	46	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	175	47	oyeweso	oyeweso	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	48	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	175	49	2018	2018	NUM
esutjss-52	175	50	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	175	51	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	175	52	none	none	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	53	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	175	54	any	any	DET
esutjss-52	175	55	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	56	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	175	57	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	175	58	south	south	PROPN
esutjss-52	175	59	east	east	PROPN
esutjss-52	175	60	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	175	61	indicating	indicate	VERB
esutjss-52	175	62	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	175	63	aversion	aversion	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	64	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	175	65	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	175	66	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	67	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	175	68	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	176	1	ironically	ironically	ADV
esutjss-52	176	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	176	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	176	4	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	176	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	176	6	enjoys	enjoy	VERB
esutjss-52	176	7	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	176	8	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	176	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	176	10	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	176	11	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	176	12	but	but	CCONJ
esutjss-52	176	13	does	do	AUX
esutjss-52	176	14	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	176	15	want	want	VERB
esutjss-52	176	16	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	176	17	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	176	18	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	176	19	enjoy	enjoy	VERB
esutjss-52	176	20	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	176	21	own	own	ADJ
esutjss-52	176	22	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	176	23	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	177	1	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	177	2	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	177	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	177	4	irony	irony	NOUN
esutjss-52	177	5	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	177	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	177	7	logic	logic	NOUN
esutjss-52	177	8	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	177	9	slim	slim	ADJ
esutjss-52	177	10	path	path	NOUN
esutjss-52	177	11	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	177	12	addressing	address	VERB
esutjss-52	177	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	177	14	lingered	linger	VERB
esutjss-52	177	15	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	177	16	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	177	17	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	177	18	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	178	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	178	2	one	one	NUM
esutjss-52	178	3	occasion	occasion	NOUN
esutjss-52	178	4	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	178	5	former	former	ADJ
esutjss-52	178	6	president	president	PROPN
esutjss-52	178	7	olusegun	olusegun	PROPN
esutjss-52	178	8	obasanjo	obasanjo	PROPN
esutjss-52	178	9	again	again	ADV
esutjss-52	178	10	described	describe	VERB
esutjss-52	178	11	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	178	12	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	178	13	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	178	14	were	be	AUX
esutjss-52	178	15	still	still	ADV
esutjss-52	178	16	opposing	oppose	VERB
esutjss-52	178	17	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	178	18	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	178	19	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	178	20	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	178	21	bill	bill	NOUN
esutjss-52	178	22	already	already	ADV
esutjss-52	178	23	passed	pass	VERB
esutjss-52	178	24	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	178	25	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	178	26	national	national	PROPN
esutjss-52	178	27	assembly	assembly	NOUN
esutjss-52	178	28	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	178	29	enemies	enemy	NOUN
esutjss-52	178	30	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	178	31	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	178	32	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	178	33	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	178	34	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	178	35	grassroots	grassroot	NOUN
esutjss-52	178	36	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	179	1	hence	hence	ADV
esutjss-52	179	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	179	3	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	179	4	would	would	AUX
esutjss-52	179	5	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	179	6	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	179	7	any	any	DET
esutjss-52	179	8	meaningful	meaningful	ADJ
esutjss-52	179	9	grassroots	grassroot	NOUN
esutjss-52	179	10	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	179	11	unless	unless	SCONJ
esutjss-52	179	12	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	179	13	bill	bill	NOUN
esutjss-52	179	14	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	179	15	assented	assent	VERB
esutjss-52	179	16	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	179	17	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	179	18	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	179	19	states	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	179	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	179	21	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	179	22	have	have	VERB
esutjss-52	179	23	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	179	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	179	25	years	year	NOUN
esutjss-52	179	26	incapacitated	incapacitate	VERB
esutjss-52	179	27	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	179	28	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	179	29	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	179	30	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	179	31	oyeweso	oyeweso	NOUN
esutjss-52	179	32	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	179	33	2018	2018	NUM
esutjss-52	179	34	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	179	35	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	180	1	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	180	2	were	be	VERB
esutjss-52	180	3	follow	follow	NOUN
esutjss-52	180	4	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	180	5	up	up	ADP
esutjss-52	180	6	calls	call	NOUN
esutjss-52	180	7	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	180	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	180	9	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	180	10	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	180	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	180	12	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
esutjss-52	180	13	labour	labour	PROPN
esutjss-52	180	14	congress	congress	PROPN
esutjss-52	180	15	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	180	16	nlc	nlc	PROPN
esutjss-52	180	17	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	180	18	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	180	19	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
esutjss-52	180	20	union	union	NOUN
esutjss-52	180	21	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	180	22	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	180	23	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	180	24	employees	employee	NOUN
esutjss-52	180	25	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	180	26	nulge	nulge	NOUN
esutjss-52	180	27	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	180	28	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	180	29	rise	rise	VERB
esutjss-52	180	30	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	180	31	demand	demand	NOUN
esutjss-52	180	32	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	180	33	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	180	34	council	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	180	35	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	180	36	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	180	37	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	180	38	interest	interest	NOUN
esutjss-52	180	39	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	180	40	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	180	41	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	180	42	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	180	43	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	180	44	grassroots	grassroot	NOUN
esutjss-52	180	45	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	181	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	181	2	essence	essence	NOUN
esutjss-52	181	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	181	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	181	5	call	call	NOUN
esutjss-52	181	6	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	181	7	mass	mass	ADJ
esutjss-52	181	8	action	action	NOUN
esutjss-52	181	9	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	181	10	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	181	11	invoke	invoke	VERB
esutjss-52	181	12	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	181	13	wrath	wrath	NOUN
esutjss-52	181	14	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	181	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	181	16	public	public	NOUN
esutjss-52	181	17	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	181	18	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	181	19	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	181	20	executives	executive	NOUN
esutjss-52	181	21	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	181	22	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	181	23	houses	house	NOUN
esutjss-52	181	24	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	181	25	assembly	assembly	NOUN
esutjss-52	181	26	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	181	27	persistently	persistently	ADV
esutjss-52	181	28	obstruct	obstruct	VERB
esutjss-52	181	29	efforts	effort	NOUN
esutjss-52	181	30	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	181	31	actualizing	actualize	VERB
esutjss-52	181	32	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	181	33	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	181	34	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	181	35	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	181	36	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	181	37	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	182	1	nonetheless	nonetheless	ADV
esutjss-52	182	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	182	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	182	4	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	5	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	182	6	been	be	AUX
esutjss-52	182	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	182	8	denial	denial	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	9	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	182	10	any	any	DET
esutjss-52	182	11	form	form	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	12	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	182	13	stealing	steal	VERB
esutjss-52	182	14	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	182	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	182	16	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	182	17	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	18	funds	fund	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	19	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	182	20	including	include	VERB
esutjss-52	182	21	undue	undue	ADJ
esutjss-52	182	22	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	23	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	182	24	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	182	25	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	26	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	27	except	except	SCONJ
esutjss-52	182	28	as	as	SCONJ
esutjss-52	182	29	prescribed	prescribe	VERB
esutjss-52	182	30	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	182	31	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	182	32	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	182	33	accordance	accordance	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	34	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	182	35	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	182	36	constitution	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	37	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	182	38	laws	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	39	made	make	VERB
esutjss-52	182	40	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	182	41	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	182	42	state	state	PROPN
esutjss-52	182	43	house	house	PROPN
esutjss-52	182	44	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	182	45	assembly	assembly	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	46	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	182	47	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	182	48	structure	structure	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	49	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	182	50	tenure	tenure	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	51	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	182	52	personnel	personnel	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	53	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	182	54	finances	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	55	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	182	56	operation	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	57	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	182	58	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	182	59	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	60	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	182	61	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	182	62	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	182	63	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	183	1	this	this	PRON
esutjss-52	183	2	might	might	AUX
esutjss-52	183	3	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	183	4	misleading	mislead	VERB
esutjss-52	183	5	based	base	VERB
esutjss-52	183	6	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	183	7	practical	practical	ADJ
esutjss-52	183	8	experience	experience	NOUN
esutjss-52	183	9	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	183	10	what	what	PRON
esutjss-52	183	11	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	183	12	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	183	13	does	do	AUX
esutjss-52	183	14	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	183	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	183	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	183	17	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	183	18	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	183	19	finances	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	183	20	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	183	21	general	general	ADJ
esutjss-52	183	22	operation	operation	NOUN
esutjss-52	183	23	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	184	1	this	this	DET
esutjss-52	184	2	experience	experience	NOUN
esutjss-52	184	3	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	184	4	being	be	AUX
esutjss-52	184	5	blamed	blame	VERB
esutjss-52	184	6	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	184	7	failures	failure	NOUN
esutjss-52	184	8	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	184	9	inability	inability	NOUN
esutjss-52	184	10	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	184	11	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	184	12	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	184	13	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	184	14	discharge	discharge	VERB
esutjss-52	184	15	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	184	16	responsibilities	responsibility	NOUN
esutjss-52	184	17	creditably	creditably	ADV
esutjss-52	184	18	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	185	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	185	2	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	185	3	words	word	NOUN
esutjss-52	185	4	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	185	5	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	185	6	continues	continue	VERB
esutjss-52	185	7	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	185	8	receive	receive	VERB
esutjss-52	185	9	hard	hard	ADJ
esutjss-52	185	10	knocks	knock	NOUN
esutjss-52	185	11	whenever	whenever	SCONJ
esutjss-52	185	12	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	185	13	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	185	14	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	185	15	accused	accuse	VERB
esutjss-52	185	16	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	185	17	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	185	18	responding	respond	VERB
esutjss-52	185	19	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	185	20	demands	demand	NOUN
esutjss-52	185	21	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	185	22	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	185	23	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	185	24	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	185	25	human	human	ADJ
esutjss-52	185	26	empowerment	empowerment	NOUN
esutjss-52	185	27	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	186	1	efforts	effort	NOUN
esutjss-52	186	2	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	186	3	eradicate	eradicate	VERB
esutjss-52	186	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	186	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	186	6	dependency	dependency	NOUN
esutjss-52	186	7	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	186	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	186	9	crumbling	crumble	VERB
esutjss-52	186	10	bottlenecks	bottleneck	NOUN
esutjss-52	186	11	consequent	consequent	ADJ
esutjss-52	186	12	upon	upon	SCONJ
esutjss-52	186	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	186	14	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	186	15	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	186	16	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	186	17	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	186	18	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	186	19	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	186	20	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	186	21	1977	1977	NUM
esutjss-52	186	22	allocated	allocate	VERB
esutjss-52	186	23	5	5	NUM
esutjss-52	186	24	percent	percent	NOUN
esutjss-52	186	25	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	186	26	federally	federally	ADV
esutjss-52	186	27	collected	collect	VERB
esutjss-52	186	28	revenue	revenue	NOUN
esutjss-52	186	29	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	186	30	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	186	31	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	186	32	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	186	33	igbuzor	igbuzor	PROPN
esutjss-52	186	34	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	186	35	2009	2009	NUM
esutjss-52	186	36	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	186	37	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	187	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	187	2	addition	addition	NOUN
esutjss-52	187	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	187	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	187	5	elected	elect	VERB
esutjss-52	187	6	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	187	7	appointed	appoint	VERB
esutjss-52	187	8	officeholders	officeholder	NOUN
esutjss-52	187	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	187	10	who	who	PRON
esutjss-52	187	11	were	be	AUX
esutjss-52	187	12	mainly	mainly	ADV
esutjss-52	187	13	politicians	politician	NOUN
esutjss-52	187	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	187	15	had	have	VERB
esutjss-52	187	16	bureaucrats	bureaucrat	NOUN
esutjss-52	187	17	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	187	18	professionals	professional	NOUN
esutjss-52	187	19	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	187	20	guide	guide	VERB
esutjss-52	187	21	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	187	22	assist	assist	VERB
esutjss-52	187	23	them	they	PRON
esutjss-52	187	24	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	187	25	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	187	26	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	187	27	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	187	28	policy	policy	NOUN
esutjss-52	187	29	implemention	implemention	NOUN
esutjss-52	187	30	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	188	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	188	2	provisions	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	188	3	conformed	conform	VERB
esutjss-52	188	4	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	188	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	188	6	reports	report	NOUN
esutjss-52	188	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	188	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	188	9	dasuki	dasuki	PROPN
esutjss-52	188	10	technical	technical	PROPN
esutjss-52	188	11	committee	committee	PROPN
esutjss-52	188	12	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	188	13	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	188	14	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	188	15	review	review	NOUN
esutjss-52	188	16	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	188	17	1984	1984	NUM
esutjss-52	188	18	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	188	19	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	188	20	white	white	PROPN
esutjss-52	188	21	paper	paper	NOUN
esutjss-52	188	22	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	188	23	1985	1985	NUM
esutjss-52	188	24	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	188	25	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	189	1	this	this	PRON
esutjss-52	189	2	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	189	3	followed	follow	VERB
esutjss-52	189	4	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	189	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	189	6	recommendations	recommendation	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	189	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	189	9	1998	1998	NUM
esutjss-52	189	10	civil	civil	ADJ
esutjss-52	189	11	service	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	12	reforms	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	13	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	189	14	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	189	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	189	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	17	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	18	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	189	19	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	189	20	1992	1992	NUM
esutjss-52	189	21	handbook	handbook	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	22	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	189	23	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	189	24	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	25	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	26	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	189	27	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	189	28	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	189	29	2003	2003	NUM
esutjss-52	189	30	review	review	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	31	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	189	32	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	189	33	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	34	councils	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	35	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	189	36	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	189	37	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	189	38	olasupo	olasupo	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	39	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	189	40	fayomi	fayomi	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	41	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	189	42	2012:12	2012:12	NUM
esutjss-52	189	43	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	189	44	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	189	45	besides	besides	SCONJ
esutjss-52	189	46	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	189	47	provisions	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	48	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	189	49	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	189	50	1979	1979	NUM
esutjss-52	189	51	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	189	52	1989	1989	NUM
esutjss-52	189	53	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	189	54	1999	1999	NUM
esutjss-52	189	55	constitutions	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	189	56	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	190	1	each	each	PRON
esutjss-52	190	2	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	190	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	190	4	constitutions	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	190	5	reiterates	reiterate	VERB
esutjss-52	190	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	190	7	importance	importance	NOUN
esutjss-52	190	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	190	9	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	190	10	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	190	11	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	190	12	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	191	1	remarkably	remarkably	ADV
esutjss-52	191	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	191	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	191	4	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	191	5	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	191	6	ibrahim	ibrahim	PROPN
esutjss-52	191	7	babangida	babangida	PROPN
esutjss-52	191	8	abolished	abolish	VERB
esutjss-52	191	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	191	10	ministry	ministry	PROPN
esutjss-52	191	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	191	12	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	191	13	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	191	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	191	15	established	establish	VERB
esutjss-52	191	16	executive	executive	ADJ
esutjss-52	191	17	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	191	18	legislative	legislative	ADJ
esutjss-52	191	19	arms	arm	NOUN
esutjss-52	191	20	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	191	21	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	191	22	councils	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	191	23	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	191	24	made	make	VERB
esutjss-52	191	25	direct	direct	ADJ
esutjss-52	191	26	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	191	27	allocation	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	191	28	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	191	29	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	191	30	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	191	31	without	without	ADP
esutjss-52	191	32	passing	pass	VERB
esutjss-52	191	33	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	191	34	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	191	35	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	191	36	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	192	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	192	2	also	also	ADV
esutjss-52	192	3	increased	increase	VERB
esutjss-52	192	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	192	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	192	6	statutory	statutory	ADJ
esutjss-52	192	7	allocation	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	192	8	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	192	9	15	15	NUM
esutjss-52	192	10	percent	percent	NOUN
esutjss-52	192	11	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	192	12	20	20	NUM
esutjss-52	192	13	percent	percent	NOUN
esutjss-52	192	14	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	192	15	effect	effect	NOUN
esutjss-52	192	16	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	192	17	1992	1992	NUM
esutjss-52	192	18	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	192	19	igbuzor	igbuzor	PROPN
esutjss-52	192	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	192	21	2009	2009	NUM
esutjss-52	192	22	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	192	23	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	193	1	however	however	ADV
esutjss-52	193	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	193	3	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	193	4	practice	practice	NOUN
esutjss-52	193	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	193	6	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	193	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	193	8	continued	continue	VERB
esutjss-52	193	9	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	193	10	suffer	suffer	VERB
esutjss-52	193	11	neglect	neglect	NOUN
esutjss-52	193	12	under	under	ADP
esutjss-52	193	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	193	14	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	193	15	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	193	16	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	193	17	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	193	18	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	193	19	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	193	20	thereby	thereby	ADV
esutjss-52	193	21	making	make	VERB
esutjss-52	193	22	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	193	23	implementations	implementation	NOUN
esutjss-52	193	24	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	193	25	most	most	ADJ
esutjss-52	193	26	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	193	27	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	193	28	recommendations	recommendation	NOUN
esutjss-52	193	29	difficult	difficult	ADJ
esutjss-52	193	30	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	194	1	obviously	obviously	ADV
esutjss-52	194	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	194	3	there	there	PRON
esutjss-52	194	4	is	be	VERB
esutjss-52	194	5	consensus	consensus	NOUN
esutjss-52	194	6	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	194	7	theoretical	theoretical	ADJ
esutjss-52	194	8	premises	premise	NOUN
esutjss-52	194	9	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	194	10	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	194	11	practical	practical	ADJ
esutjss-52	194	12	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	194	13	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	194	14	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	194	15	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	194	16	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	194	17	financially	financially	ADV
esutjss-52	194	18	independent	independent	ADJ
esutjss-52	194	19	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	194	20	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ
esutjss-52	194	21	when	when	SCONJ
esutjss-52	194	22	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	194	23	receives	receive	VERB
esutjss-52	194	24	direct	direct	ADJ
esutjss-52	194	25	revenue	revenue	NOUN
esutjss-52	194	26	allocation	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	194	27	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	194	28	federation	federation	PROPN
esutjss-52	194	29	account	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	194	30	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	194	31	exercises	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	194	32	jurisdictional	jurisdictional	ADJ
esutjss-52	194	33	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	194	34	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	194	35	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	194	36	taxing	tax	VERB
esutjss-52	194	37	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	194	38	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	194	39	incurs	incur	VERB
esutjss-52	194	40	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	194	41	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN
esutjss-52	194	42	without	without	ADP
esutjss-52	194	43	any	any	DET
esutjss-52	194	44	form	form	NOUN
esutjss-52	194	45	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	194	46	external	external	ADJ
esutjss-52	194	47	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	194	48	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	195	1	these	these	DET
esutjss-52	195	2	operational	operational	ADJ
esutjss-52	195	3	criteria	criterion	NOUN
esutjss-52	195	4	imply	imply	VERB
esutjss-52	195	5	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	195	6	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	195	7	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	195	8	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	195	9	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	195	10	steytler	steytler	NOUN
esutjss-52	195	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	195	12	2005	2005	NUM
esutjss-52	195	13	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	195	14	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	195	15	lamidi	lamidi	PROPN
esutjss-52	195	16	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	195	17	fagbohun	fagbohun	PROPN
esutjss-52	195	18	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	195	19	2013	2013	NUM
esutjss-52	195	20	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	195	21	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	196	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	196	2	also	also	ADV
esutjss-52	196	3	implies	imply	VERB
esutjss-52	196	4	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	196	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	196	6	constituent	constituent	ADJ
esutjss-52	196	7	units	unit	NOUN
esutjss-52	196	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	196	9	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	196	10	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	196	11	closer	close	ADJ
esutjss-52	196	12	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	196	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	196	14	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	196	15	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	196	16	must	must	AUX
esutjss-52	196	17	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	196	18	allowed	allow	VERB
esutjss-52	196	19	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	196	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	196	21	initiative	initiative	NOUN
esutjss-52	196	22	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	196	23	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	196	24	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	196	25	achieve	achieve	VERB
esutjss-52	196	26	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	196	27	work	work	VERB
esutjss-52	196	28	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	196	29	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	196	30	sustainable	sustainable	ADJ
esutjss-52	196	31	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	196	32	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	196	33	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	196	34	territories	territory	NOUN
esutjss-52	196	35	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	196	36	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	196	37	own	own	ADJ
esutjss-52	196	38	effort	effort	NOUN
esutjss-52	196	39	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	196	40	omaka	omaka	NOUN
esutjss-52	196	41	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	196	42	2007:81	2007:81	NUM
esutjss-52	196	43	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	196	44	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	197	1	however	however	ADV
esutjss-52	197	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	197	3	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	197	4	does	do	AUX
esutjss-52	197	5	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	197	6	appear	appear	VERB
esutjss-52	197	7	sincere	sincere	ADJ
esutjss-52	197	8	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	197	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	197	10	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	197	11	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	197	12	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	197	13	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	197	14	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	197	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	197	16	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	197	17	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	197	18	especially	especially	ADV
esutjss-52	197	19	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	197	20	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	197	21	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	197	22	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	197	23	where	where	SCONJ
esutjss-52	197	24	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	197	25	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	197	26	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	197	27	reduced	reduce	VERB
esutjss-52	197	28	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	197	29	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	197	30	agency	agency	NOUN
esutjss-52	197	31	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	198	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	198	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	3	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	4	159	159	NUM
esutjss-52	198	5	although	although	SCONJ
esutjss-52	198	6	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ
esutjss-52	198	7	military	military	ADJ
esutjss-52	198	8	administrations	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	9	later	later	ADV
esutjss-52	198	10	introduced	introduce	VERB
esutjss-52	198	11	many	many	ADJ
esutjss-52	198	12	reforms	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	13	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	198	14	spanned	span	VERB
esutjss-52	198	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	198	16	eras	era	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	17	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	198	18	technical	technical	ADJ
esutjss-52	198	19	committees	committee	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	198	21	including	include	VERB
esutjss-52	198	22	several	several	ADJ
esutjss-52	198	23	aforementioned	aforementioned	ADJ
esutjss-52	198	24	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	198	25	provisions	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	26	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	198	27	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	198	28	prompting	prompting	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	29	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	198	30	starting	start	VERB
esutjss-52	198	31	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	198	32	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	198	33	profound	profound	ADJ
esutjss-52	198	34	restructuring	restructuring	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	35	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	198	36	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	198	37	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	38	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	39	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	198	40	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	41	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	198	42	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	198	43	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	198	44	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	198	45	legacy	legacy	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	46	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	198	47	military	military	ADJ
esutjss-52	198	48	autocracy	autocracy	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	49	infected	infect	VERB
esutjss-52	198	50	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	51	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	198	52	all	all	DET
esutjss-52	198	53	rows	row	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	54	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	198	55	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	56	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	198	57	unnecessary	unnecessary	ADJ
esutjss-52	198	58	audacity	audacity	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	59	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	198	60	unfathomable	unfathomable	ADJ
esutjss-52	198	61	sense	sense	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	62	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	198	63	impunity	impunity	NOUN
esutjss-52	198	64	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	199	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	199	2	general	general	ADJ
esutjss-52	199	3	rot	rot	VERB
esutjss-52	199	4	left	leave	VERB
esutjss-52	199	5	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	199	6	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	199	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	199	8	hands	hand	NOUN
esutjss-52	199	9	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	199	10	opportunists	opportunist	NOUN
esutjss-52	199	11	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	199	12	rent	rent	NOUN
esutjss-52	199	13	seekers	seeker	NOUN
esutjss-52	199	14	looking	look	VERB
esutjss-52	199	15	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	199	16	fortune	fortune	NOUN
esutjss-52	199	17	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	199	18	exploit	exploit	VERB
esutjss-52	199	19	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	199	20	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	199	21	circle	circle	NOUN
esutjss-52	199	22	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	200	1	expectedly	expectedly	ADV
esutjss-52	200	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	200	3	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	200	4	was	be	AUX
esutjss-52	200	5	worse	bad	ADJ
esutjss-52	200	6	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	200	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	200	8	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	200	9	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	200	10	where	where	SCONJ
esutjss-52	200	11	military	military	ADJ
esutjss-52	200	12	administrators	administrator	NOUN
esutjss-52	200	13	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	200	14	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	200	15	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	200	16	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	200	17	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	200	18	successor	successor	NOUN
esutjss-52	200	19	civilian	civilian	ADJ
esutjss-52	200	20	governors	governor	NOUN
esutjss-52	200	21	alike	alike	ADV
esutjss-52	200	22	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	200	23	unwholesomely	unwholesomely	ADV
esutjss-52	200	24	converted	convert	VERB
esutjss-52	200	25	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	200	26	still	still	ADV
esutjss-52	200	27	convert	convert	VERB
esutjss-52	200	28	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	200	29	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	200	30	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	200	31	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	200	32	economic	economic	ADJ
esutjss-52	200	33	empire	empire	NOUN
esutjss-52	200	34	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	200	35	estates	estate	NOUN
esutjss-52	200	36	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	201	1	some	some	PRON
esutjss-52	201	2	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	201	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	201	4	overreaching	overreach	VERB
esutjss-52	201	5	powers	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	201	6	exercised	exercise	VERB
esutjss-52	201	7	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	201	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	201	9	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	201	10	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	201	11	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	201	12	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	201	13	relate	relate	VERB
esutjss-52	201	14	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	201	15	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	201	16	ambiguity	ambiguity	NOUN
esutjss-52	201	17	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	201	18	which	which	PRON
esutjss-52	201	19	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	201	20	1999	1999	NUM
esutjss-52	201	21	constitution	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	201	22	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	201	23	as	as	SCONJ
esutjss-52	201	24	amended	amend	VERB
esutjss-52	201	25	has	have	AUX
esutjss-52	201	26	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	201	27	resolved	resolve	VERB
esutjss-52	201	28	because	because	ADV
esutjss-52	201	29	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	201	30	procedural	procedural	ADJ
esutjss-52	201	31	hiccups	hiccup	NOUN
esutjss-52	201	32	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	202	1	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	202	2	salient	salient	ADJ
esutjss-52	202	3	example	example	NOUN
esutjss-52	202	4	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	202	5	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	202	6	section	section	NOUN
esutjss-52	202	7	7(1	7(1	NUM
esutjss-52	202	8	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	202	9	6	6	NUM
esutjss-52	202	10	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	202	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	202	12	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	202	13	1999	1999	NUM
esutjss-52	202	14	constitution	constitution	NOUN
esutjss-52	202	15	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	202	16	federal	federal	PROPN
esutjss-52	202	17	republic	republic	PROPN
esutjss-52	202	18	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	202	19	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	202	20	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	203	1	aside	aside	ADP
esutjss-52	203	2	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	203	3	impeccable	impeccable	ADJ
esutjss-52	203	4	declarations	declaration	NOUN
esutjss-52	203	5	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	203	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	203	7	nature	nature	NOUN
esutjss-52	203	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	203	9	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	203	10	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	203	11	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	203	12	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	203	13	formed	form	VERB
esutjss-52	203	14	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	203	15	type	type	NOUN
esutjss-52	203	16	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	203	17	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	203	18	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	203	19	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	203	20	constituted	constitute	VERB
esutjss-52	203	21	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	203	22	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	203	23	furthermore	furthermore	ADV
esutjss-52	203	24	empowers	empower	VERB
esutjss-52	203	25	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	203	26	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	203	27	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	203	28	determine	determine	VERB
esutjss-52	203	29	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	203	30	affairs	affair	NOUN
esutjss-52	203	31	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	203	32	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	203	33	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	203	34	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	204	1	conferring	confer	VERB
esutjss-52	204	2	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	204	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	204	4	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	204	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	204	6	power	power	NOUN
esutjss-52	204	7	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	204	8	create	create	VERB
esutjss-52	204	9	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	204	10	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	204	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	204	12	ensure	ensure	VERB
esutjss-52	204	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	204	14	composition	composition	NOUN
esutjss-52	204	15	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	204	16	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	204	17	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	204	18	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	204	19	sources	source	NOUN
esutjss-52	204	20	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	204	21	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	204	22	finances	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	204	23	/	/	SYM
esutjss-52	204	24	funding	funding	NOUN
esutjss-52	204	25	could	could	AUX
esutjss-52	204	26	only	only	ADV
esutjss-52	204	27	translate	translate	VERB
esutjss-52	204	28	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	204	29	denying	deny	VERB
esutjss-52	204	30	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	204	31	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	204	32	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	204	33	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	204	34	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	205	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	205	2	makes	make	VERB
esutjss-52	205	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	205	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	205	5	become	become	VERB
esutjss-52	205	6	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ
esutjss-52	205	7	dependent	dependent	ADJ
esutjss-52	205	8	third	third	ADJ
esutjss-52	205	9	tier	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	205	10	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	205	11	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	205	12	completely	completely	ADV
esutjss-52	205	13	consigns	consign	VERB
esutjss-52	205	14	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	205	15	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	205	16	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	205	17	puppet	puppet	NOUN
esutjss-52	205	18	status	status	NOUN
esutjss-52	205	19	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	205	20	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	205	21	an	an	DET
esutjss-52	205	22	institution	institution	NOUN
esutjss-52	205	23	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	205	24	lives	live	VERB
esutjss-52	205	25	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	205	26	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	205	27	mercy	mercy	NOUN
esutjss-52	205	28	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	205	29	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	205	30	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	205	31	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	206	2	multiplier	multipli	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	3	effects	effect	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	4	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	206	5	that	that	DET
esutjss-52	206	6	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	9	either	either	CCONJ
esutjss-52	206	10	directly	directly	ADV
esutjss-52	206	11	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	206	12	indirectly	indirectly	ADV
esutjss-52	206	13	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	206	14	without	without	ADP
esutjss-52	206	15	regards	regard	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	16	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	206	17	some	some	DET
esutjss-52	206	18	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	19	provisions	provision	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	20	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	206	21	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	22	extant	extant	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	23	regulations	regulation	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	24	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	206	25	favour	favour	VERB
esutjss-52	206	26	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	27	clause	clause	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	28	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	29			PRON
esutjss-52	206	30	determines	determine	VERB
esutjss-52	206	31	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	206	32	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	33	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	206	34	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	206	35	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	36	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	37	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	38	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	206	39	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	206	40	as	as	ADV
esutjss-52	206	41	substantive	substantive	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	42	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	43	caretaker	caretaker	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	44	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	206	45	transition	transition	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	46	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	47			PRON
esutjss-52	206	48	constitutes	constitute	VERB
esutjss-52	206	49	electoral	electoral	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	50	body	body	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	51	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	206	52	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	206	53	purposes	purpose	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	54	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	206	55	conducting	conduct	VERB
esutjss-52	206	56	election	election	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	57	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	206	58	fill	fill	VERB
esutjss-52	206	59	positions	position	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	60	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	206	61	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	206	62	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	63	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	206	64	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	206	65	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	66	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	67	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	68	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	206	69	all	all	DET
esutjss-52	206	70	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	206	71	negative	negative	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	72	consequences	consequence	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	73	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	206	74	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	206	75	process	process	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	76	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	77			PRON
esutjss-52	206	78	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	79	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	80	employs	employ	VERB
esutjss-52	206	81	personnel	personnel	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	82	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	206	83	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	84	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	85	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	206	86	grade	grade	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	87	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	88	seven	seven	NUM
esutjss-52	206	89	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	90	7	7	NUM
esutjss-52	206	91	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	92	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	206	93	above	above	ADV
esutjss-52	206	94	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	95	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	206	96	addition	addition	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	97	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	206	98	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	206	99	promotion	promotion	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	100	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	101	transfer	transfer	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	102	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	206	103	discipline	discipline	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	104	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	105			DET
esutjss-52	206	106	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	107	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	108	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	206	109	ministries	ministry	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	110	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	111	agencies	agency	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	112	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	206	113	department	department	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	114	created	create	VERB
esutjss-52	206	115	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	206	116	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	206	117	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	118	decides	decide	VERB
esutjss-52	206	119	projects	project	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	120	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	206	121	programmes	programme	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	122	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	206	123	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	206	124	carried	carry	VERB
esutjss-52	206	125	out	out	ADP
esutjss-52	206	126	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	206	127	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	206	128	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	129	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	130	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	206	131	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	206	132			NOUN
esutjss-52	206	133	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	134	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	135	restricts	restrict	VERB
esutjss-52	206	136	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	137	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	138	councils	council	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	139	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	206	140	collecting	collect	VERB
esutjss-52	206	141	certain	certain	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	142	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	206	143	mandated	mandate	VERB
esutjss-52	206	144	taxes	taxis	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	145	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	206	146	performing	perform	VERB
esutjss-52	206	147	functions	function	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	148	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	206	149	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	206	150	revenue	revenue	NOUN
esutjss-52	206	151	yielding	yield	VERB
esutjss-52	206	152	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	207	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	207	2	meddling	meddle	VERB
esutjss-52	207	3	roles	role	NOUN
esutjss-52	207	4	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	207	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	207	6	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	207	7	deprive	deprive	ADJ
esutjss-52	207	8	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	207	9	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	207	10	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	207	11	conducive	conducive	ADJ
esutjss-52	207	12	environment	environment	NOUN
esutjss-52	207	13	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	207	14	operate	operate	VERB
esutjss-52	207	15	freely	freely	ADV
esutjss-52	207	16	without	without	ADP
esutjss-52	207	17	encumbrances	encumbrance	NOUN
esutjss-52	207	18	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	207	19	this	this	PRON
esutjss-52	207	20	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	207	21	where	where	SCONJ
esutjss-52	207	22	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	207	23	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	207	24	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	207	25	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	207	26	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	207	27	hinges	hinge	VERB
esutjss-52	207	28	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	207	29	nod	nod	NOUN
esutjss-52	207	30	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	208	1	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	2	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	208	3	recommendations	recommendation	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	208	5	paper	paper	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	6	examined	examine	VERB
esutjss-52	208	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	208	8	dynamics	dynamic	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	9	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	208	10	complex	complex	ADJ
esutjss-52	208	11	web	web	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	12	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	208	13	politicking	politicking	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	14	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	208	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	208	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	17	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	18	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	208	19	how	how	SCONJ
esutjss-52	208	20	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	208	21	subjection	subjection	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	22	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	208	23	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	208	24	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	25	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	208	26	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	27	control	control	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	28	derails	derail	VERB
esutjss-52	208	29	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	208	30	discharge	discharge	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	31	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	208	32	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	208	33	roles	role	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	34	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	208	35	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	208	36	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	37	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	208	38	how	how	SCONJ
esutjss-52	208	39	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	208	40	diverse	diverse	ADJ
esutjss-52	208	41	calls	call	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	42	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	208	43	legal	legal	ADJ
esutjss-52	208	44	frameworks	framework	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	45	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	208	46	granting	grant	VERB
esutjss-52	208	47	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	208	48	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	49	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	208	50	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	208	51	eroded	erode	VERB
esutjss-52	208	52	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	209	1	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	209	2	remains	remain	VERB
esutjss-52	209	3	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	209	4	snag	snag	NOUN
esutjss-52	209	5	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	209	6	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	209	7	performance	performance	NOUN
esutjss-52	209	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	209	9	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	209	10	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	209	11	leaderships	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	209	12	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	209	13	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	209	14	usually	usually	ADV
esutjss-52	209	15	imposed	impose	VERB
esutjss-52	209	16	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	209	17	either	either	PRON
esutjss-52	209	18	appointment	appointment	NOUN
esutjss-52	209	19	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	209	20	flawed	flaw	VERB
esutjss-52	209	21	electoral	electoral	ADJ
esutjss-52	209	22	process	process	NOUN
esutjss-52	209	23	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	210	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	210	2	ugly	ugly	ADJ
esutjss-52	210	3	trend	trend	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	4	results	result	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	5	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	210	6	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	210	7	segment	segment	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	210	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	210	10	governing	govern	VERB
esutjss-52	210	11	elite	elite	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	12	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	210	13	general	general	ADJ
esutjss-52	210	14	public	public	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	15	condemning	condemn	VERB
esutjss-52	210	16	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	210	17	dependency	dependency	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	18	status	status	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	19	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	210	20	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	210	21	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	22	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	210	23	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	210	24	tiers	tier	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	25	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	210	26	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	27	much	much	ADV
esutjss-52	210	28	as	as	SCONJ
esutjss-52	210	29	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	210	30	affects	affect	VERB
esutjss-52	210	31	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	210	32	resourcefulness	resourcefulness	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	33	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	210	34	harnessing	harness	VERB
esutjss-52	210	35	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	210	36	manpower	manpower	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	37	potentials	potential	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	38	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	210	39	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	210	40	localities	locality	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	41	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	210	42	improve	improve	VERB
esutjss-52	210	43	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	210	44	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	210	45	socio	socio	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	46	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	210	47	economic	economic	ADJ
esutjss-52	210	48	wellbeing	wellbeing	NOUN
esutjss-52	210	49	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	211	1	instructively	instructively	PROPN
esutjss-52	211	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	211	3	some	some	PRON
esutjss-52	211	4	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	211	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	211	6	problems	problem	NOUN
esutjss-52	211	7	embedded	embed	VERB
esutjss-52	211	8	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	211	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	211	10	dependency	dependency	NOUN
esutjss-52	211	11	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	211	12	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	211	13	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	211	14	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	211	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	211	16	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	211	17	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	211	18	already	already	ADV
esutjss-52	211	19	highlighted	highlight	VERB
esutjss-52	211	20	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	211	21	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	211	22	implications	implication	NOUN
esutjss-52	211	23	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	211	24	effective	effective	ADJ
esutjss-52	211	25	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	211	26	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	211	27	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	211	28	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	211	29	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	211	30	well	well	INTJ
esutjss-52	211	31	discussed	discuss	VERB
esutjss-52	211	32	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	211	33	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	211	34	preceding	precede	VERB
esutjss-52	211	35	sections	section	NOUN
esutjss-52	211	36	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	212	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	212	2	findings	finding	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	3	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	212	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	212	5	analyses	analysis	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	6	show	show	VERB
esutjss-52	212	7	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	212	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	212	9	general	general	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	10	rot	rot	VERB
esutjss-52	212	11	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	212	12	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	212	13	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	212	14	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	15	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	16	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	212	17	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	212	18	reflection	reflection	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	19	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	212	20	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	212	21	handiwork	handiwork	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	22	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	212	23	opportunists	opportunist	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	24	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	212	25	rent	rent	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	26	seekers	seeker	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	27	that	that	PRON
esutjss-52	212	28	ascend	ascend	VERB
esutjss-52	212	29	positions	position	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	30	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	212	31	authority	authority	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	32	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	212	33	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	212	34	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	35	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	212	36	national	national	ADJ
esutjss-52	212	37	levels	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	38	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	212	39	thereafter	thereafter	ADV
esutjss-52	212	40	focus	focus	VERB
esutjss-52	212	41	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	212	42	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	212	43	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	44	finances	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	45	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	212	46	selfish	selfish	ADJ
esutjss-52	212	47	enrichments	enrichment	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	48	while	while	SCONJ
esutjss-52	212	49	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	212	50	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	212	51	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	213	1	additional	additional	ADJ
esutjss-52	213	2	evidence	evidence	NOUN
esutjss-52	213	3	shows	show	VERB
esutjss-52	213	4	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	213	5	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	213	6	governors	governor	NOUN
esutjss-52	213	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	213	8	particular	particular	ADJ
esutjss-52	213	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	213	10	unwholesomely	unwholesomely	ADV
esutjss-52	213	11	convert	convert	VERB
esutjss-52	213	12	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	213	13	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	213	14	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	213	15	their	their	PRON
esutjss-52	213	16	economic	economic	ADJ
esutjss-52	213	17	empire	empire	NOUN
esutjss-52	213	18	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	213	19	estates	estate	NOUN
esutjss-52	213	20	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	213	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	213	22	instrumentality	instrumentality	NOUN
esutjss-52	213	23	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	213	24	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	213	25	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	213	26	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	213	27	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	213	28	joint	joint	ADJ
esutjss-52	213	29	account	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	213	30	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	214	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	214	2	clandestine	clandestine	ADJ
esutjss-52	214	3	way	way	NOUN
esutjss-52	214	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	214	5	account	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	214	6	operates	operate	VERB
esutjss-52	214	7	denies	deny	VERB
esutjss-52	214	8	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	214	9	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	214	10	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	214	11	needed	need	VERB
esutjss-52	214	12	funds	fund	NOUN
esutjss-52	214	13	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	214	14	numerous	numerous	ADJ
esutjss-52	214	15	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	214	16	projects	project	NOUN
esutjss-52	214	17	beckoning	beckon	VERB
esutjss-52	214	18	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	214	19	urgent	urgent	ADJ
esutjss-52	214	20	attention	attention	NOUN
esutjss-52	214	21	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	214	22	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	214	23	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	214	24	areas	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	214	25	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	215	1	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	215	2	view	view	NOUN
esutjss-52	215	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	215	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	215	5	foregoing	foregoing	NOUN
esutjss-52	215	6	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	215	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	215	8	following	follow	VERB
esutjss-52	215	9	recommendations	recommendation	NOUN
esutjss-52	215	10	will	will	AUX
esutjss-52	215	11	help	help	VERB
esutjss-52	215	12	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	215	13	address	address	VERB
esutjss-52	215	14	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	215	15	challenges	challenge	NOUN
esutjss-52	215	16	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	1	1	1	X
esutjss-52	216	2	.	.	X
esutjss-52	216	3	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	5	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	216	6	legislation	legislation	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	7	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	216	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	9	national	national	PROPN
esutjss-52	216	10	assembly	assembly	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	11	should	should	AUX
esutjss-52	216	12	sanction	sanction	VERB
esutjss-52	216	13	any	any	DET
esutjss-52	216	14	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	15	house	house	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	16	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	216	17	assembly	assembly	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	18	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	216	19	connives	connive	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	20	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	216	21	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	22	executive	executive	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	23	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	216	24	scuttle	scuttle	VERB
esutjss-52	216	25	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	26	passage	passage	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	27	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	216	28	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	29	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	30	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	31	bill	bill	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	32	without	without	ADP
esutjss-52	216	33	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	34	justification	justification	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	35	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	216	36	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	37	action	action	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	38	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	39	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	216	40	withholding	withhold	VERB
esutjss-52	216	41	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	216	42	funds	fund	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	43	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	44	suspending	suspend	VERB
esutjss-52	216	45	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	46	members	member	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	47	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	216	48	participating	participate	VERB
esutjss-52	216	49	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	216	50	any	any	DET
esutjss-52	216	51	national	national	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	52	programmes	programme	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	53	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	54	2	2	X
esutjss-52	216	55	.	.	X
esutjss-52	216	56	abolish	abolish	VERB
esutjss-52	216	57	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	58	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	59	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	60	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	61	joint	joint	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	62	account	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	63	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	64	disband	disband	VERB
esutjss-52	216	65	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	66	committee	committee	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	67	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	68	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	216	69	prevent	prevent	VERB
esutjss-52	216	70	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	71	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	72	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	73	any	any	DET
esutjss-52	216	74	other	other	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	75	interested	interested	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	76	party	party	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	77	from	from	ADP
esutjss-52	216	78	having	have	VERB
esutjss-52	216	79	access	access	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	80	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	81	undue	undue	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	82	influence	influence	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	83	over	over	ADP
esutjss-52	216	84	appropriation	appropriation	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	85	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	86	allocation	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	87	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	88	distribution	distribution	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	89	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	216	90	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	91	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	92	finances	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	93	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	94	3	3	X
esutjss-52	216	95	.	.	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	96	subject	subject	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	97	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	98	accounts	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	99	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	216	100	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	101	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	102	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	216	103	regular	regular	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	104	auditing	auditing	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	105	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	106	inspection	inspection	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	107	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	216	108	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	109	economic	economic	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	110	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	111	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	112	crimes	crime	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	113	commission	commission	PROPN
esutjss-52	216	114	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	115	efcc	efcc	PROPN
esutjss-52	216	116	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	117	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	118	so	so	SCONJ
esutjss-52	216	119	as	as	SCONJ
esutjss-52	216	120	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	216	121	detect	detect	VERB
esutjss-52	216	122	abuse	abuse	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	123	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	216	124	office	office	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	125	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	216	126	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	127	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	128	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	129	corrupt	corrupt	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	130	practices	practice	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	131	either	either	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	132	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	216	133	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	134	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	135	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	136	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	216	137	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	138	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	139	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	140	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	141	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	142	4	4	X
esutjss-52	216	143	.	.	X
esutjss-52	216	144	supervisory	supervisory	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	145	councilor	councilor	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	146	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	216	147	finance	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	148	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	216	149	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	150	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	151	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	152	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	153	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	154	just	just	ADV
esutjss-52	216	155	as	as	SCONJ
esutjss-52	216	156	it	it	PRON
esutjss-52	216	157	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	216	158	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	159	case	case	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	160	with	with	ADP
esutjss-52	216	161	commissioners	commissioner	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	162	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	216	163	finance	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	164	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	216	165	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	166	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	167	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	168	should	should	AUX
esutjss-52	216	169	be	be	AUX
esutjss-52	216	170	incorporated	incorporate	VERB
esutjss-52	216	171	into	into	ADP
esutjss-52	216	172	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	173	allocation	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	174	meeting	meeting	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	175	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	176	all	all	DET
esutjss-52	216	177	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	178	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	179	monies	monie	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	180	paid	pay	VERB
esutjss-52	216	181	directly	directly	ADV
esutjss-52	216	182	into	into	ADP
esutjss-52	216	183	its	its	PRON
esutjss-52	216	184	accounts	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	185	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	216	186	use	use	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	187	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	188	accountability	accountability	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	189	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	190	5	5	NUM
esutjss-52	216	191	.	.	X
esutjss-52	216	192	abolish	abolish	VERB
esutjss-52	216	193	caretaker	caretaker	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	194	or	or	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	195	transition	transition	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	196	committee	committee	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	197	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	198	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	199	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	216	200	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	201	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	202	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	203	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	204	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	205	withhold	withhold	VERB
esutjss-52	216	206	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	216	207	permanent	permanent	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	208	forfeiture	forfeiture	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	209	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	216	210	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	211	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	212	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	213	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	214	allocation	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	215	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	216	216	funds	fund	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	217	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	216	218	any	any	DET
esutjss-52	216	219	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	220	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	221	that	that	SCONJ
esutjss-52	216	222	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	223	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	224	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	216	225	not	not	PART
esutjss-52	216	226	democratically	democratically	ADV
esutjss-52	216	227	constituted	constitute	VERB
esutjss-52	216	228	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	216	229	any	any	DET
esutjss-52	216	230	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	231	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	232	6	6	NUM
esutjss-52	216	233	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	234	scrap	scrap	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	235	state	state	PROPN
esutjss-52	216	236	independent	independent	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	237	electoral	electoral	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	238	commission	commission	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	239	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	240	reassign	reassign	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	241	election	election	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	242	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	216	243	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	244	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	245	leadership	leadership	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	246	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	216	247	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	248	independent	independent	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	249	national	national	PROPN
esutjss-52	216	250	electoral	electoral	PROPN
esutjss-52	216	251	commission	commission	PROPN
esutjss-52	216	252	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	253	inec	inec	PROPN
esutjss-52	216	254	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	255	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	256	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	216	257	neutralize	neutralize	VERB
esutjss-52	216	258	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	259	interference	interference	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	260	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	216	261	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	262	appointment	appointment	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	263	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	216	264	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	265	electoral	electoral	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	266	body	body	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	267	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	268	management	management	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	269	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	216	270	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	271	electoral	electoral	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	272	process	process	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	273	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	216	274	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	275	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	276	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	277	161	161	NUM
esutjss-52	216	278	these	these	DET
esutjss-52	216	279	steps	step	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	280	will	will	AUX
esutjss-52	216	281	help	help	VERB
esutjss-52	216	282	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	216	283	significant	significant	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	284	ways	way	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	285	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	216	286	eradicate	eradicate	VERB
esutjss-52	216	287	incessant	incessant	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	288	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	289	bedeviling	bedevil	VERB
esutjss-52	216	290	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	291	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	292	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	293	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	216	294	thereby	thereby	ADV
esutjss-52	216	295	restore	restore	VERB
esutjss-52	216	296	sanity	sanity	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	297	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	216	298	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	216	299	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	216	300	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	301	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	302	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	216	303	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	216	304	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	216	305	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	216	306	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	217	1	references	reference	NOUN
esutjss-52	217	2	abada	abada	PROPN
esutjss-52	217	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	217	4	i.	i.	PROPN
esutjss-52	217	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	217	6	2007	2007	NUM
esutjss-52	217	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	217	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	218	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	218	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	218	3	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	218	4	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	218	5	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	218	6	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	218	7	an	an	DET
esutjss-52	218	8	appraisal	appraisal	NOUN
esutjss-52	218	9	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	219	1	journal	journal	NOUN
esutjss-52	219	2	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	219	3	international	international	ADJ
esutjss-52	219	4	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	219	5	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	219	6	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	219	7	studies	study	NOUN
esutjss-52	219	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	220	1	3(1	3(1	NUM
esutjss-52	220	2	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	220	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	220	4	67	67	NUM
esutjss-52	220	5	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	220	6	79	79	NUM
esutjss-52	220	7	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	221	1	abubakar	abubakar	PROPN
esutjss-52	221	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	221	3	m.	m.	NOUN
esutjss-52	221	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	221	5	2010	2010	NUM
esutjss-52	221	6	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	221	7	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	222	1	public	public	ADJ
esutjss-52	222	2	administration	administration	PROPN
esutjss-52	222	3	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	222	4	africa	africa	PROPN
esutjss-52	222	5	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	222	6	main	main	ADJ
esutjss-52	222	7	issues	issue	NOUN
esutjss-52	222	8	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	222	9	selected	select	VERB
esutjss-52	222	10	country	country	NOUN
esutjss-52	222	11	studies	study	NOUN
esutjss-52	222	12	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	223	1	ibadan	ibadan	PROPN
esutjss-52	223	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	223	3	spectrum	spectrum	NOUN
esutjss-52	223	4	books	book	NOUN
esutjss-52	223	5	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	224	1	adeyemo	adeyemo	ADJ
esutjss-52	224	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	224	3	d.o	d.o	PROPN
esutjss-52	224	4	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	224	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	224	6	2005	2005	NUM
esutjss-52	224	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	224	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	225	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	225	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	225	3	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	225	4	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	225	5	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	225	6	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	225	7	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	225	8	historical	historical	ADJ
esutjss-52	225	9	perspective	perspective	NOUN
esutjss-52	225	10	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	226	1	journal	journal	NOUN
esutjss-52	226	2	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	226	3	social	social	ADJ
esutjss-52	226	4	science	science	NOUN
esutjss-52	226	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	226	6	10(2	10(2	NUM
esutjss-52	226	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	226	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	226	9	77	77	NUM
esutjss-52	226	10	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	226	11	87	87	NUM
esutjss-52	226	12	adeyemo	adeyemo	ADJ
esutjss-52	226	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	226	14	d.	d.	PROPN
esutjss-52	226	15	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	226	16	2010	2010	NUM
esutjss-52	226	17	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	226	18	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	227	1	optimizing	optimize	VERB
esutjss-52	227	2	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	227	3	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	227	4	finance	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	227	5	through	through	ADP
esutjss-52	227	6	public	public	ADJ
esutjss-52	227	7	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	227	8	private	private	ADJ
esutjss-52	227	9	partnerships	partnership	NOUN
esutjss-52	227	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	227	11	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	227	12	tony	tony	ADJ
esutjss-52	227	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	227	14	o.	o.	PROPN
esutjss-52	227	15	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	227	16	ed	ed	NOUN
esutjss-52	227	17	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	227	18	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	228	1	key	key	ADJ
esutjss-52	228	2	issues	issue	NOUN
esutjss-52	228	3	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	228	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	228	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	228	6	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	228	7	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	228	8	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	228	9	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	228	10	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
esutjss-52	228	11	perspective	perspective	NOUN
esutjss-52	228	12	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	229	1	enugu	enugu	PROPN
esutjss-52	229	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	229	3	praise	praise	NOUN
esutjss-52	229	4	house	house	PROPN
esutjss-52	229	5	publisher	publisher	PROPN
esutjss-52	229	6	adeyeye	adeyeye	PROPN
esutjss-52	229	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	229	8	m.	m.	NOUN
esutjss-52	229	9	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	229	10	2000	2000	NUM
esutjss-52	229	11	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	229	12	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	230	1	decentralization	decentralization	NOUN
esutjss-52	230	2	versus	versus	ADP
esutjss-52	230	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	230	4	level	level	NOUN
esutjss-52	230	5	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	230	6	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	230	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	230	8	congruence	congruence	PROPN
esutjss-52	230	9	problem	problem	NOUN
esutjss-52	230	10	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	231	1	peoples	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	231	2	centred	centre	VERB
esutjss-52	231	3	democracy	democracy	NOUN
esutjss-52	231	4	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	231	5	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	231	6	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	231	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	231	8	search	search	NOUN
esutjss-52	231	9	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	231	10	alternative	alternative	ADJ
esutjss-52	231	11	systems	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	231	12	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	231	13	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	231	14	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	231	15	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	231	16	grassroots	grassroot	NOUN
esutjss-52	231	17	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	232	1	ibadan	ibadan	PROPN
esutjss-52	232	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	232	3	heineman	heineman	ADJ
esutjss-52	232	4	educational	educational	ADJ
esutjss-52	232	5	books	books	PROPN
esutjss-52	232	6	plc	plc	PROPN
esutjss-52	232	7	agharese	agharese	PROPN
esutjss-52	232	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	232	9	j.	j.	PROPN
esutjss-52	232	10	e.	e.	PROPN
esutjss-52	232	11	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	232	12	1984	1984	NUM
esutjss-52	232	13	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	232	14	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	233	1	principles	principle	NOUN
esutjss-52	233	2	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	233	3	practice	practice	NOUN
esutjss-52	233	4	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	233	5	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	233	6	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	233	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	233	8	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	233	9	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	233	10	an	an	DET
esutjss-52	233	11	insight	insight	NOUN
esutjss-52	233	12	into	into	ADP
esutjss-52	233	13	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	233	14	problems	problem	NOUN
esutjss-52	233	15	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	233	16	public	public	ADJ
esutjss-52	233	17	policy	policy	NOUN
esutjss-52	233	18	formulation	formulation	NOUN
esutjss-52	233	19	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	233	20	implementation	implementation	NOUN
esutjss-52	233	21	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	234	1	benin	benin	PROPN
esutjss-52	234	2	city	city	PROPN
esutjss-52	234	3	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	234	4	s.m.o	s.m.o	ADJ
esutjss-52	234	5	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	235	1	aka	aka	ADV
esutjss-52	235	2	publishers	publisher	NOUN
esutjss-52	235	3	aghayere	aghayere	VERB
esutjss-52	235	4	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	235	5	v.o	v.o	PROPN
esutjss-52	235	6	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	235	7	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	235	8	1997	1997	NUM
esutjss-52	235	9	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	235	10	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	236	1	dominant	dominant	ADJ
esutjss-52	236	2	issues	issue	NOUN
esutjss-52	236	3	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	236	4	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	236	5	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
esutjss-52	236	6	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	236	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	236	8	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	236	9	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	236	10	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	236	11	contemporary	contemporary	ADJ
esutjss-52	236	12	focus	focus	NOUN
esutjss-52	236	13	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	237	1	lagos	lago	NOUN
esutjss-52	237	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	237	3	imprint	imprint	NOUN
esutjss-52	237	4	services	services	PROPN
esutjss-52	237	5	alo	alo	PROPN
esutjss-52	237	6	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	237	7	a.o	a.o	PROPN
esutjss-52	237	8	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	237	9	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	237	10	2012	2012	NUM
esutjss-52	237	11	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	237	12	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	238	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	238	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	238	3	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	238	4	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	238	5	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	238	6	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	238	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	238	8	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	238	9	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	239	1	aba	aba	PROPN
esutjss-52	239	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	239	3	kelu	kelu	PROPN
esutjss-52	239	4	press	press	PROPN
esutjss-52	239	5	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	240	1	arowolo	arowolo	ADV
esutjss-52	240	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	240	3	d.	d.	PROPN
esutjss-52	240	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	240	5	2010	2010	NUM
esutjss-52	240	6	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	240	7	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	241	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	241	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	241	3	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	241	4	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	241	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	241	6	challenges	challenge	NOUN
esutjss-52	241	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	241	8	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	241	9	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	241	10	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	241	11	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	241	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	241	13	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	241	14	agagu	agagu	PROPN
esutjss-52	241	15	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	241	16	a.	a.	NOUN
esutjss-52	241	17	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	241	18	afinotan	afinotan	PROPN
esutjss-52	241	19	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	241	20	l.	l.	PROPN
esutjss-52	241	21	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	241	22	arowolo	arowolo	ADV
esutjss-52	241	23	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	241	24	d.	d.	PROPN
esutjss-52	241	25	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	241	26	lawal	lawal	PROPN
esutjss-52	241	27	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	241	28	t.	t.	PROPN
esutjss-52	241	29	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	241	30	eds	eds	PROPN
esutjss-52	241	31	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	241	32	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	241	33	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	242	1	public	public	ADJ
esutjss-52	242	2	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	242	3	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	242	4	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	242	5	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	243	1	akure	akure	NOUN
esutjss-52	243	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	244	1	alabi	alabi	PROPN
esutjss-52	244	2	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	244	3	eyo	eyo	PROPN
esutjss-52	244	4	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	244	5	co.	co.	PROPN
esutjss-52	244	6	ltd	ltd	PROPN
esutjss-52	244	7	.	.	PROPN
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esutjss-52	244	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	244	10	e.	e.	PROPN
esutjss-52	244	11	,	,	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	244	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	244	14	b.i	b.i	PROPN
esutjss-52	244	15	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	244	16	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	244	17	ndubuisi	ndubuisi	PROPN
esutjss-52	244	18	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	244	19	okolo	okolo	PROPN
esutjss-52	244	20	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	244	21	p.	p.	PROPN
esutjss-52	244	22	&	&	CCONJ
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esutjss-52	244	24	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	244	25	c.e	c.e	PROPN
esutjss-52	244	26	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	244	27	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	244	28	2014	2014	NUM
esutjss-52	244	29	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	244	30	.	.	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	245	3	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	245	4	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	245	5	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	245	6	discourse	discourse	NOUN
esutjss-52	245	7	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	245	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	245	9	theoretical	theoretical	ADJ
esutjss-52	245	10	imperatives	imperative	NOUN
esutjss-52	245	11	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	245	12	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	245	13	governmental	governmental	ADJ
esutjss-52	245	14	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	245	15	.	.	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	246	2	research	research	PROPN
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esutjss-52	246	4	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	247	1	an	an	DET
esutjss-52	247	2	international	international	ADJ
esutjss-52	247	3	multidisciplinary	multidisciplinary	ADJ
esutjss-52	247	4	journal	journal	NOUN
esutjss-52	247	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	247	6	ethiopia	ethiopia	PROPN
esutjss-52	247	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	247	8	vol	vol	NOUN
esutjss-52	247	9	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	247	10	8(2	8(2	NUM
esutjss-52	247	11	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	247	12	,	,	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	247	16	33	33	NUM
esutjss-52	247	17	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	247	18	april	april	PROPN
esutjss-52	247	19	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	247	20	pp	pp	NUM
esutjss-52	247	21	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	247	22	305	305	NUM
esutjss-52	247	23	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	247	24	324	324	NUM
esutjss-52	247	25	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	247	26	indexed	index	VERB
esutjss-52	247	27	african	african	ADJ
esutjss-52	247	28	journals	journal	NOUN
esutjss-52	247	29	online	online	ADV
esutjss-52	247	30	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	247	31	http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/afrrev.v8i2.18	http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/afrrev.v8i2.18	PROPN
esutjss-52	247	32	http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/afrrev.v8i2.18	http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/afrrev.v8i2.18	PROPN
esutjss-52	247	33	crick	crick	PROPN
esutjss-52	247	34	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	247	35	b.	b.	PROPN
esutjss-52	247	36	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	247	37	2004	2004	NUM
esutjss-52	247	38	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	247	39	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	248	1	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	248	2	as	as	ADP
esutjss-52	248	3	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	248	4	form	form	NOUN
esutjss-52	248	5	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	248	6	rule	rule	NOUN
esutjss-52	248	7	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	248	8	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	248	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	248	10	citizenship	citizenship	NOUN
esutjss-52	248	11	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	248	12	democracy	democracy	NOUN
esutjss-52	248	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	248	14	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	248	15	leftwich	leftwich	PROPN
esutjss-52	248	16	a.	a.	PROPN
esutjss-52	248	17	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	248	18	ed	ed	NOUN
esutjss-52	248	19	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	248	20	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	249	1	what	what	PRON
esutjss-52	249	2	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	249	3	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	249	4	?	?	PUNCT
esutjss-52	250	1	oxford	oxford	PROPN
esutjss-52	250	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	250	3	england	england	PROPN
esutjss-52	250	4	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	251	1	deric	deric	PROPN
esutjss-52	251	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	251	3	s.	s.	PROPN
esutjss-52	251	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	251	5	2011	2011	NUM
esutjss-52	251	6	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	251	7	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	252	1	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	252	2	sociology	sociology	NOUN
esutjss-52	252	3	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	252	4	oppression	oppression	NOUN
esutjss-52	252	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	252	6	resistance	resistance	NOUN
esutjss-52	252	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	252	8	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	252	9	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	252	10	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	252	11	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	253	1	pine	pine	PROPN
esutjss-52	253	2	forge	forge	PROPN
esutjss-52	253	3	press	press	NOUN
esutjss-52	253	4	doho	doho	NOUN
esutjss-52	253	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	253	6	a.	a.	PROPN
esutjss-52	253	7	w.	w.	PROPN
esutjss-52	253	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	253	9	ahmed	ahmed	PROPN
esutjss-52	253	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	253	11	a.	a.	PROPN
esutjss-52	253	12	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	253	13	umar	umar	PROPN
esutjss-52	253	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	253	15	a.	a.	NOUN
esutjss-52	253	16	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	253	17	2018	2018	NUM
esutjss-52	253	18	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	253	19	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	254	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	254	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	254	3	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	254	4	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	254	5	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	254	6	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	254	7	struggles	struggle	NOUN
esutjss-52	254	8	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	254	9	challenges	challenge	NOUN
esutjss-52	254	10	.	.	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	255	2	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	255	3	social	social	ADJ
esutjss-52	255	4	sciences	sciences	PROPN
esutjss-52	255	5	research	research	NOUN
esutjss-52	255	6	journal	journal	NOUN
esutjss-52	255	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	255	8	5(5	5(5	NUM
esutjss-52	255	9	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	255	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	255	11	44	44	NUM
esutjss-52	255	12	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	255	13	51	51	NUM
esutjss-52	255	14	.	.	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	256	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	256	3	t.r	t.r	PROPN
esutjss-52	256	4	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	256	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	256	6	2000	2000	NUM
esutjss-52	256	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	256	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	257	1	top	top	VERB
esutjss-52	257	2	down	down	ADP
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esutjss-52	257	4	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	258	1	new	new	PROPN
esutjss-52	258	2	york	york	PROPN
esutjss-52	258	3	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	258	4	chatham	chatham	PROPN
esutjss-52	258	5	house	house	PROPN
esutjss-52	258	6	publishers	publishers	PROPN
esutjss-52	258	7	eme	eme	PROPN
esutjss-52	258	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	258	9	o.i	o.i	PROPN
esutjss-52	258	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	258	11	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	258	12	izueke	izueke	PROPN
esutjss-52	258	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	258	14	e.	e.	PROPN
esutjss-52	258	15	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	258	16	2013	2013	NUM
esutjss-52	258	17	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	258	18	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	259	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	259	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	259	3	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	259	4	fiscal	fiscal	ADJ
esutjss-52	259	5	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	259	6	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	259	7	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	259	8	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	259	9	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	259	10	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	259	11	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	260	1	review	review	NOUN
esutjss-52	260	2	of	of	ADP
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esutjss-52	260	4	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	260	5	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	260	6	management	management	NOUN
esutjss-52	260	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	260	8	01(03	01(03	PROPN
esutjss-52	260	9	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	260	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	260	11	112	112	NUM
esutjss-52	260	12	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	260	13	120	120	NUM
esutjss-52	260	14	;	;	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	260	16	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	260	17	j.	j.	PROPN
esutjss-52	260	18	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	260	19	1997	1997	NUM
esutjss-52	260	20	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	260	21	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	261	1	the	the	DET
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esutjss-52	261	3	for	for	ADP
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esutjss-52	261	5	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	261	6	the	the	DET
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esutjss-52	261	8	government	government	NOUN
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esutjss-52	261	10	in	in	ADP
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esutjss-52	261	12	,	,	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	261	15	,	,	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	261	18	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	261	19	ed	ed	NOUN
esutjss-52	261	20	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	261	21	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	261	22	.	.	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	262	2	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	262	3	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	262	4	procedure	procedure	NOUN
esutjss-52	262	5	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	262	6	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	262	7	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	262	8	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	262	9	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	263	1	ile	ile	PROPN
esutjss-52	263	2	-	-	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	263	4	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	263	5	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	263	6	government	government	NOUN
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esutjss-52	263	8	series	series	PROPN
esutjss-52	263	9	,	,	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	263	13	.	.	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	264	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	264	3	e.	e.	PROPN
esutjss-52	264	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	264	5	2004	2004	NUM
esutjss-52	264	6	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	264	7	.	.	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	265	5	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	266	1	enugu	enugu	PROPN
esutjss-52	266	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	266	3	zik	zik	PROPN
esutjss-52	266	4	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	266	5	chuks	chuks	PROPN
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esutjss-52	266	7	press	press	NOUN
esutjss-52	266	8	.	.	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	267	2	government	government	NOUN
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esutjss-52	267	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	267	6	1976	1976	NUM
esutjss-52	267	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	267	8	.	.	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	268	8	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	268	9	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	268	10	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	269	1	lagos	lago	NOUN
esutjss-52	269	2	:	:	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	269	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	269	5	printer	printer	PROPN
esutjss-52	269	6	federal	federal	PROPN
esutjss-52	269	7	republic	republic	PROPN
esutjss-52	269	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	269	9	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	269	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	269	11	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	269	12	1985	1985	NUM
esutjss-52	269	13	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	269	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	269	15	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	269	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	269	17	white	white	PROPN
esutjss-52	269	18	paper	paper	NOUN
esutjss-52	269	19	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	269	20	dasuki	dasuki	PROPN
esutjss-52	269	21	report	report	NOUN
esutjss-52	269	22	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	270	1	lagos	lago	NOUN
esutjss-52	270	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	270	3	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	270	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	270	5	printer	printer	PROPN
esutjss-52	270	6	federal	federal	PROPN
esutjss-52	270	7	republic	republic	PROPN
esutjss-52	270	8	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	270	9	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	270	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	270	11	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	270	12	1991	1991	NUM
esutjss-52	270	13	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	270	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	270	15	model	model	NOUN
esutjss-52	270	16	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	270	17	memoranda	memoranda	NOUN
esutjss-52	270	18	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	270	19	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	270	20	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	270	21	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	270	22	2nd	2nd	PROPN
esutjss-52	270	23	edition	edition	NOUN
esutjss-52	270	24	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	270	25	lagos	lago	NOUN
esutjss-52	270	26	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	270	27	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	270	28	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	270	29	printer	printer	NOUN
esutjss-52	270	30	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	271	1	federal	federal	PROPN
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esutjss-52	271	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	271	6	1999	1999	NUM
esutjss-52	271	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	271	8	.	.	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	272	3	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	272	4	federal	federal	PROPN
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esutjss-52	272	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	272	9	1999	1999	NUM
esutjss-52	272	10	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	273	1	lagos	lago	NOUN
esutjss-52	273	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	273	3	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	273	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	273	5	printer	printer	NOUN
esutjss-52	273	6	.	.	PUNCT
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esutjss-52	274	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	274	3	o.	o.	PROPN
esutjss-52	274	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	274	5	2009	2009	NUM
esutjss-52	274	6	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	274	7	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	275	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	275	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	275	3	reform	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	275	4	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	275	5	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	275	6	review	review	NOUN
esutjss-52	275	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	275	8	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	275	9	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	276	1	http://www.gamji.com/news2676.htm	http://www.gamji.com/news2676.htm	X
esutjss-52	276	2	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	277	1	accessed	access	VERB
esutjss-52	277	2	10	10	NUM
esutjss-52	277	3	september	september	PROPN
esutjss-52	277	4	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	277	5	2020	2020	NUM
esutjss-52	277	6	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	278	1	izueke	izueke	ADJ
esutjss-52	278	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	278	3	e.	e.	PROPN
esutjss-52	278	4	m.	m.	PROPN
esutjss-52	278	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	278	6	2010	2010	NUM
esutjss-52	278	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	278	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	279	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	279	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	279	3	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	279	4	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	279	5	good	good	ADJ
esutjss-52	279	6	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	279	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	279	8	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	279	9	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	280	1	nigerian	nigerian	PROPN
esutjss-52	280	2	journal	journal	PROPN
esutjss-52	280	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	280	4	public	public	ADJ
esutjss-52	280	5	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	280	6	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	280	7	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	280	8	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	280	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	280	10	15(2	15(2	NUM
esutjss-52	280	11	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	280	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	280	13	74	74	NUM
esutjss-52	280	14	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	280	15	90	90	NUM
esutjss-52	280	16	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	281	1	joyce	joyce	PROPN
esutjss-52	281	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	281	3	p.	p.	NOUN
esutjss-52	281	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	281	5	2006	2006	NUM
esutjss-52	281	6	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	281	7	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	281	8	teach	teach	VERB
esutjss-52	281	9	yourself	yourself	PRON
esutjss-52	281	10	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	281	11	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	282	1	u.s	u.s	PROPN
esutjss-52	282	2	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	282	3	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	283	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	283	2	mcgraw	mcgraw	PROPN
esutjss-52	283	3	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	283	4	hill	hill	PROPN
esutjss-52	283	5	company	company	PROPN
esutjss-52	283	6	inc	inc	PROPN
esutjss-52	283	7	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	283	8	kayode	kayode	PROPN
esutjss-52	283	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	283	10	a.	a.	NOUN
esutjss-52	283	11	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	283	12	2013	2013	NUM
esutjss-52	283	13	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	283	14	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	284	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	284	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	284	3	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	284	4	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	284	5	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	284	6	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	284	7	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	284	8	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	284	9	challenges	challenge	NOUN
esutjss-52	284	10	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	285	1	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	285	2	paper	paper	NOUN
esutjss-52	285	3	presented	present	VERB
esutjss-52	285	4	at	at	ADP
esutjss-52	285	5	all	all	ADV
esutjss-52	285	6	-	-	PUNCT
esutjss-52	285	7	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	285	8	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	285	9	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	285	10	conference	conference	NOUN
esutjss-52	285	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	285	12	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	285	13	repositioning	reposition	VERB
esutjss-52	285	14	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	285	15	professionalizing	professionalize	VERB
esutjss-52	285	16	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	285	17	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	285	18	service	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	285	19	;	;	PUNCT
esutjss-52	285	20	imperative	imperative	ADJ
esutjss-52	285	21	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	285	22	better	well	ADJ
esutjss-52	285	23	service	service	NOUN
esutjss-52	285	24	delivery	delivery	NOUN
esutjss-52	285	25	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	285	26	organized	organize	VERB
esutjss-52	285	27	by	by	ADP
esutjss-52	285	28	house	house	NOUN
esutjss-52	285	29	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	285	30	representatives	representatives	PROPN
esutjss-52	285	31	’	’	PART
esutjss-52	285	32	committee	committee	NOUN
esutjss-52	285	33	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	285	34	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	285	35	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	285	36	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	285	37	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	285	38	abuja	abuja	PROPN
esutjss-52	285	39	held	hold	VERB
esutjss-52	285	40	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	285	41	24	24	NUM
esutjss-52	285	42	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	285	43	25	25	NUM
esutjss-52	285	44	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	285	45	june	june	PROPN
esutjss-52	285	46	http://www.gamji.com/news2676.htm	http://www.gamji.com/news2676.htm	PROPN
esutjss-52	286	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	286	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	286	3	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	286	4	163	163	NUM
esutjss-52	286	5	lamidi	lamidi	NOUN
esutjss-52	286	6	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	286	7	o.k	o.k	PROPN
esutjss-52	286	8	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	286	9	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	286	10	fagbohun	fagbohun	PROPN
esutjss-52	286	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	286	12	f.o	f.o	PROPN
esutjss-52	286	13	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	286	14	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	286	15	2013	2013	NUM
esutjss-52	286	16	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	286	17	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	287	1	advocating	advocate	VERB
esutjss-52	287	2	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	287	3	direct	direct	ADJ
esutjss-52	287	4	revenue	revenue	NOUN
esutjss-52	287	5	allocation	allocation	NOUN
esutjss-52	287	6	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	287	7	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
esutjss-52	287	8	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	287	9	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	287	10	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	287	11	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	287	12	catalyst	catalyst	NOUN
esutjss-52	287	13	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	287	14	national	national	ADJ
esutjss-52	287	15	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	287	16	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	288	1	academic	academic	ADJ
esutjss-52	288	2	journals	journal	NOUN
esutjss-52	288	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	288	4	5(6	5(6	NUM
esutjss-52	288	5	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	288	6	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	288	7	133	133	NUM
esutjss-52	288	8	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	288	9	140	140	NUM
esutjss-52	288	10	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	289	1	maloy	maloy	PROPN
esutjss-52	289	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	289	3	j.s	j.s	PROPN
esutjss-52	289	4	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	289	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	289	6	2020	2020	NUM
esutjss-52	289	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	289	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	290	1	elite	elite	ADJ
esutjss-52	290	2	theory	theory	NOUN
esutjss-52	290	3	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	290	4	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	290	5	science	science	NOUN
esutjss-52	290	6	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	291	1	encyclopaedia	encyclopaedia	PROPN
esutjss-52	291	2	britannica	britannica	PROPN
esutjss-52	291	3	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	291	4	inc	inc	PROPN
esutjss-52	291	5	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	291	6	nwabueze	nwabueze	PROPN
esutjss-52	291	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	291	8	b.	b.	PROPN
esutjss-52	291	9	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	291	10	1982	1982	NUM
esutjss-52	291	11	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	291	12	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	292	1	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	292	2	constitutional	constitutional	ADJ
esutjss-52	292	3	history	history	NOUN
esutjss-52	292	4	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	292	5	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	292	6	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	293	1	london	london	PROPN
esutjss-52	293	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	293	3	longman	longman	NOUN
esutjss-52	293	4	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	294	1	nworji	nworji	PROPN
esutjss-52	294	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	294	3	l.o	l.o	PROPN
esutjss-52	294	4	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	294	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	294	6	2004	2004	NUM
esutjss-52	294	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	294	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	295	1	fundamentals	fundamental	NOUN
esutjss-52	295	2	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	295	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	295	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	295	5	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	295	6	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	295	7	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	295	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	296	1	owerri	owerri	PROPN
esutjss-52	296	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	296	3	global	global	ADJ
esutjss-52	296	4	press	press	NOUN
esutjss-52	296	5	ogunna	ogunna	NOUN
esutjss-52	296	6	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	296	7	a.	a.	PROPN
esutjss-52	296	8	e.	e.	PROPN
esutjss-52	296	9	c.	c.	PROPN
esutjss-52	296	10	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	296	11	1996	1996	NUM
esutjss-52	296	12	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	296	13	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	297	1	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	297	2	handbook	handbook	NOUN
esutjss-52	297	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	297	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	297	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	297	6	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	297	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	297	8	nigerian	nigerian	PROPN
esutjss-52	297	9	perspective	perspective	NOUN
esutjss-52	297	10	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	298	1	enugu	enugu	PROPN
esutjss-52	298	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	299	1	john	john	PROPN
esutjss-52	299	2	jacobs	jacobs	PROPN
esutjss-52	299	3	classic	classic	ADJ
esutjss-52	299	4	publishers	publisher	NOUN
esutjss-52	299	5	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	300	1	okafor	okafor	PROPN
esutjss-52	300	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	300	3	j.	j.	PROPN
esutjss-52	300	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	300	5	2010	2010	NUM
esutjss-52	300	6	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	300	7	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	301	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	301	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	301	3	financial	financial	ADJ
esutjss-52	301	4	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	301	5	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	301	6	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	301	7	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	301	8	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	301	9	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	301	10	joint	joint	ADJ
esutjss-52	301	11	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	301	12	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	301	13	account	account	NOUN
esutjss-52	301	14	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	302	1	commonwealth	commonwealth	PROPN
esutjss-52	302	2	journal	journal	PROPN
esutjss-52	302	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	302	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	302	5	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	302	6	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	302	7	cjlg	cjlg	PROPN
esutjss-52	302	8	july	july	PROPN
esutjss-52	302	9	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	302	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	302	11	6	6	NUM
esutjss-52	302	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	302	13	127	127	NUM
esutjss-52	302	14	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	302	15	131	131	NUM
esutjss-52	302	16	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	303	1	okibe	okibe	PROPN
esutjss-52	303	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	303	3	h.b	h.b	PROPN
esutjss-52	303	4	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	303	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	303	6	2016	2016	NUM
esutjss-52	303	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	303	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	304	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	304	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	304	3	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	304	4	rural	rural	ADJ
esutjss-52	304	5	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	304	6	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	304	7	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	304	8	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	304	9	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	304	10	case	case	NOUN
esutjss-52	304	11	study	study	NOUN
esutjss-52	304	12	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	304	13	nkanu	nkanu	PROPN
esutjss-52	304	14	east	east	PROPN
esutjss-52	304	15	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	304	16	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	304	17	area	area	NOUN
esutjss-52	304	18	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	304	19	2008	2008	NUM
esutjss-52	304	20	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	304	21	2015	2015	NUM
esutjss-52	304	22	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	304	23	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	305	1	international	international	ADJ
esutjss-52	305	2	journal	journal	NOUN
esutjss-52	305	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	305	4	innovative	innovative	ADJ
esutjss-52	305	5	research	research	NOUN
esutjss-52	305	6	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	305	7	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	305	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	305	9	5(7	5(7	NUM
esutjss-52	305	10	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	305	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	305	12	110	110	NUM
esutjss-52	305	13	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	305	14	119	119	NUM
esutjss-52	305	15	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	306	1	okoli	okoli	PROPN
esutjss-52	306	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	306	3	f.c	f.c	PROPN
esutjss-52	306	4	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	306	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	306	6	1980	1980	NUM
esutjss-52	306	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	306	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	307	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	307	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	307	3	reforms	reform	NOUN
esutjss-52	307	4	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	307	5	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	307	6	dilemma	dilemma	NOUN
esutjss-52	307	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	307	8	individual	individual	ADJ
esutjss-52	307	9	participation	participation	NOUN
esutjss-52	307	10	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	307	11	community	community	NOUN
esutjss-52	307	12	development	development	NOUN
esutjss-52	307	13	efforts	effort	NOUN
esutjss-52	307	14	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	308	1	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
esutjss-52	308	2	journal	journal	PROPN
esutjss-52	308	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	308	4	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	308	5	science	science	NOUN
esutjss-52	308	6	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	308	7	1(2	1(2	NUM
esutjss-52	308	8	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	308	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	308	10	3645	3645	NUM
esutjss-52	308	11	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	309	1	olasupo	olasupo	NOUN
esutjss-52	309	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	309	3	f.a	f.a	PROPN
esutjss-52	309	4	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	309	5	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	309	6	fayomi	fayomi	PROPN
esutjss-52	309	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	309	8	i.o	i.o	PROPN
esutjss-52	309	9	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	309	10	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	309	11	2012	2012	NUM
esutjss-52	309	12	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	309	13	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	310	1	historical	historical	ADJ
esutjss-52	310	2	epochs	epoch	NOUN
esutjss-52	310	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	310	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	310	5	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	310	6	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	310	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	310	8	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	310	9	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	310	10	women	woman	NOUN
esutjss-52	310	11	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	310	12	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	310	13	poor	poor	ADJ
esutjss-52	310	14	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	311	1	global	global	ADJ
esutjss-52	311	2	journal	journal	PROPN
esutjss-52	311	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	311	4	social	social	ADJ
esutjss-52	311	5	science	science	NOUN
esutjss-52	311	6	arts	art	NOUN
esutjss-52	311	7	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	311	8	humanities	humanity	NOUN
esutjss-52	311	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	311	10	12	12	NUM
esutjss-52	311	11	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	311	12	9	9	NUM
esutjss-52	311	13	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	311	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	311	15	12	12	NUM
esutjss-52	311	16	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	311	17	30	30	NUM
esutjss-52	311	18	olasupo	olasupo	NOUN
esutjss-52	311	19	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	311	20	f.a	f.a	PROPN
esutjss-52	311	21	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	311	22	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	311	23	2013	2013	NUM
esutjss-52	311	24	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	311	25	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	312	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	312	2	scope	scope	NOUN
esutjss-52	312	3	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	312	4	future	future	NOUN
esutjss-52	312	5	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	312	6	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	312	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	312	8	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	312	9	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	312	10	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	312	11	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	313	1	advances	advance	NOUN
esutjss-52	313	2	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	313	3	applied	apply	VERB
esutjss-52	313	4	sociology	sociology	NOUN
esutjss-52	313	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	313	6	3(5	3(5	NUM
esutjss-52	313	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	313	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	313	9	207	207	NUM
esutjss-52	313	10	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	313	11	214	214	NUM
esutjss-52	313	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	313	13	omaka	omaka	PROPN
esutjss-52	313	14	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	313	15	c.a	c.a	PROPN
esutjss-52	313	16	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	313	17	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	313	18	2007	2007	NUM
esutjss-52	313	19	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	313	20	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	314	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	314	2	concept	concept	NOUN
esutjss-52	314	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	314	4	environmental	environmental	ADJ
esutjss-52	314	5	impact	impact	NOUN
esutjss-52	314	6	assessment	assessment	NOUN
esutjss-52	314	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	314	8	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	314	9	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	315	1	ebonyi	ebonyi	PROPN
esutjss-52	315	2	state	state	PROPN
esutjss-52	315	3	university	university	PROPN
esutjss-52	315	4	law	law	NOUN
esutjss-52	315	5	journal	journal	NOUN
esutjss-52	315	6	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	315	7	2(1	2(1	NUM
esutjss-52	315	8	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	315	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	315	10	1	1	NUM
esutjss-52	315	11	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	315	12	25	25	NUM
esutjss-52	315	13	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	316	1	onuigbo	onuigbo	PROPN
esutjss-52	316	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	316	3	r.	r.	PROPN
esutjss-52	316	4	a.	a.	PROPN
esutjss-52	316	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	316	6	2015	2015	NUM
esutjss-52	316	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	316	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	317	1	state	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	317	2	–	–	PUNCT
esutjss-52	317	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	317	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	317	5	fiscal	fiscal	ADJ
esutjss-52	317	6	relations	relation	NOUN
esutjss-52	317	7	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	317	8	implication	implication	NOUN
esutjss-52	317	9	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	317	10	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	317	11	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	317	12	system	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	317	13	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	317	14	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	317	15	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	318	1	kuwait	kuwait	PROPN
esutjss-52	318	2	chapter	chapter	PROPN
esutjss-52	318	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	318	4	arabian	arabian	ADJ
esutjss-52	318	5	journal	journal	PROPN
esutjss-52	318	6	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	318	7	business	business	NOUN
esutjss-52	318	8	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	318	9	management	management	NOUN
esutjss-52	318	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	318	11	5(3	5(3	NUM
esutjss-52	318	12	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	318	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	318	14	91	91	NUM
esutjss-52	318	15	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	318	16	102	102	NUM
esutjss-52	318	17	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	319	1	orewa	orewa	PROPN
esutjss-52	319	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	319	3	g.	g.	PROPN
esutjss-52	319	4	o.	o.	PROPN
esutjss-52	319	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	319	6	1986	1986	NUM
esutjss-52	319	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	319	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	320	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	320	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	320	3	finance	finance	NOUN
esutjss-52	320	4	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	320	5	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	320	6	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	321	1	ibadan	ibadan	PROPN
esutjss-52	321	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	322	1	oxford	oxford	PROPN
esutjss-52	322	2	university	university	PROPN
esutjss-52	322	3	press	press	PROPN
esutjss-52	322	4	orewa	orewa	PROPN
esutjss-52	322	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	322	6	g.	g.	PROPN
esutjss-52	322	7	o.	o.	PROPN
esutjss-52	322	8	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	322	9	1991	1991	NUM
esutjss-52	322	10	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	322	11	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	323	1	principles	principle	NOUN
esutjss-52	323	2	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	323	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	323	4	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	323	5	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	324	1	lagos	lago	NOUN
esutjss-52	324	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	324	3	administrative	administrative	ADJ
esutjss-52	324	4	staff	staff	PROPN
esutjss-52	324	5	college	college	PROPN
esutjss-52	324	6	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	324	7	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	324	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	325	1	oviasuyi	oviasuyi	PROPN
esutjss-52	325	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	325	3	p.o	p.o	PROPN
esutjss-52	325	4	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	325	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	325	6	idada	idada	PROPN
esutjss-52	325	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	325	8	w.	w.	PROPN
esutjss-52	325	9	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	325	10	isiraojie	isiraojie	PROPN
esutjss-52	325	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	325	12	l.	l.	PROPN
esutjss-52	325	13	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	325	14	2010	2010	NUM
esutjss-52	325	15	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	325	16	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	326	1	constraints	constraint	NOUN
esutjss-52	326	2	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	326	3	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	326	4	governments	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	326	5	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	326	6	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	326	7	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	326	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	327	1	journal	journal	PROPN
esutjss-52	327	2	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	327	3	social	social	ADJ
esutjss-52	327	4	sciences	science	NOUN
esutjss-52	327	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	327	6	24(2	24(2	NUM
esutjss-52	327	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	327	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	327	9	81	81	NUM
esutjss-52	327	10	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	327	11	86	86	NUM
esutjss-52	327	12	owens	owen	NOUN
esutjss-52	327	13	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	327	14	et	et	PROPN
esutjss-52	327	15	al	al	PROPN
esutjss-52	327	16	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	327	17	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	327	18	1991	1991	NUM
esutjss-52	327	19	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	327	20	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	328	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	328	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	328	3	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	328	4	an	an	DET
esutjss-52	328	5	international	international	ADJ
esutjss-52	328	6	perspective	perspective	NOUN
esutjss-52	328	7	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	329	1	amsterdam	amsterdam	PROPN
esutjss-52	329	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	329	3	northholland	northholland	PROPN
esutjss-52	329	4	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	330	1	oyeweso	oyeweso	PROPN
esutjss-52	330	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	330	3	f.	f.	PROPN
esutjss-52	330	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	330	5	2018	2018	NUM
esutjss-52	330	6	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	330	7	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	331	1	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	331	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	332	1	states	state	NOUN
esutjss-52	332	2	yet	yet	ADV
esutjss-52	332	3	to	to	PART
esutjss-52	332	4	sign	sign	VERB
esutjss-52	332	5	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	332	6	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	332	7	’s	’s	PART
esutjss-52	332	8	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	332	9	bill	bill	NOUN
esutjss-52	332	10	are	be	AUX
esutjss-52	332	11	people	people	NOUN
esutjss-52	332	12	’s	’s	PART
esutjss-52	332	13	enemy	enemy	NOUN
esutjss-52	332	14	–	–	PUNCT
esutjss-52	332	15	obasanjo	obasanjo	PROPN
esutjss-52	332	16	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	333	1	allafrica	allafrica	PROPN
esutjss-52	333	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	333	3	12	12	NUM
esutjss-52	333	4	november	november	PROPN
esutjss-52	333	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	333	6	https://allafrica.com	https://allafrica.com	X
esutjss-52	333	7	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	333	8	accessed	access	VERB
esutjss-52	333	9	nov	nov	PROPN
esutjss-52	333	10	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	333	11	10	10	NUM
esutjss-52	333	12	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	333	13	2020	2020	NUM
esutjss-52	333	14	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	334	1	abdulhamid	abdulhamid	PROPN
esutjss-52	334	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	334	3	o.-s	o.-s	PROPN
esutjss-52	334	4	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	334	5	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	334	6	&	&	CCONJ
esutjss-52	334	7	chima	chima	PROPN
esutjss-52	334	8	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	334	9	p.	p.	PROPN
esutjss-52	334	10	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	334	11	2016	2016	NUM
esutjss-52	334	12	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	334	13	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	335	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	335	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	335	3	administration	administration	NOUN
esutjss-52	335	4	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	335	5	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	335	6	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	335	7	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	335	8	search	search	NOUN
esutjss-52	335	9	for	for	ADP
esutjss-52	335	10	relevance	relevance	NOUN
esutjss-52	335	11	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	336	1	commonwealth	commonwealth	PROPN
esutjss-52	336	2	journal	journal	PROPN
esutjss-52	336	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	336	4	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	336	5	governance	governance	NOUN
esutjss-52	336	6	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	336	7	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	336	8	18	18	NUM
esutjss-52	336	9	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	336	10	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	336	11	181	181	NUM
esutjss-52	336	12	-	-	SYM
esutjss-52	336	13	195	195	NUM
esutjss-52	336	14	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	337	1	steytler	steytler	PROPN
esutjss-52	337	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	337	3	n.	n.	PROPN
esutjss-52	337	4	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	337	5	2005	2005	NUM
esutjss-52	337	6	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	337	7	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	338	1	the	the	DET
esutjss-52	338	2	place	place	NOUN
esutjss-52	338	3	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	338	4	role	role	NOUN
esutjss-52	338	5	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	338	6	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	338	7	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	338	8	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	338	9	federal	federal	ADJ
esutjss-52	338	10	systems	system	NOUN
esutjss-52	338	11	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	339	1	cape	cape	NOUN
esutjss-52	339	2	town	town	NOUN
esutjss-52	339	3	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	339	4	kas	kas	PROPN
esutjss-52	339	5	–	–	PUNCT
esutjss-52	339	6	new	new	ADJ
esutjss-52	339	7	publications	publication	NOUN
esutjss-52	339	8	stoker	stoker	NOUN
esutjss-52	339	9	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	339	10	g.	g.	PROPN
esutjss-52	339	11	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	339	12	2006	2006	NUM
esutjss-52	339	13	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	339	14	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	340	1	why	why	SCONJ
esutjss-52	340	2	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	340	3	matter	matter	NOUN
esutjss-52	340	4	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	341	1	basingstoke	basingstoke	PROPN
esutjss-52	341	2	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	341	3	palgrave	palgrave	PROPN
esutjss-52	341	4	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	342	1	ugwu	ugwu	PROPN
esutjss-52	342	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	342	3	s.c	s.c	PROPN
esutjss-52	342	4	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	342	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	342	6	2017	2017	NUM
esutjss-52	342	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	342	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	343	1	local	local	ADJ
esutjss-52	343	2	government	government	NOUN
esutjss-52	343	3	autonomy	autonomy	NOUN
esutjss-52	343	4	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	343	5	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	343	6	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	343	7	issues	issue	NOUN
esutjss-52	343	8	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	343	9	constraints	constraint	NOUN
esutjss-52	343	10	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	344	1	inaugural	inaugural	ADJ
esutjss-52	344	2	lecture	lecture	NOUN
esutjss-52	344	3	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	344	4	enugu	enugu	PROPN
esutjss-52	344	5	state	state	PROPN
esutjss-52	344	6	university	university	PROPN
esutjss-52	344	7	of	of	ADP
esutjss-52	344	8	science	science	NOUN
esutjss-52	344	9	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	344	10	technology	technology	NOUN
esutjss-52	344	11	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	344	12	delivered	deliver	VERB
esutjss-52	344	13	on	on	ADP
esutjss-52	344	14	april	april	PROPN
esutjss-52	344	15	6th	6th	NOUN
esutjss-52	344	16	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	345	1	ujo	ujo	PROPN
esutjss-52	345	2	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	345	3	a.a	a.a	PROPN
esutjss-52	345	4	.	.	PROPN
esutjss-52	345	5	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	345	6	1989	1989	NUM
esutjss-52	345	7	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	345	8	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	346	1	politics	politic	NOUN
esutjss-52	346	2	science	science	NOUN
esutjss-52	346	3	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	346	4	nigeria	nigeria	PROPN
esutjss-52	346	5	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	347	1	a	a	DET
esutjss-52	347	2	letter	letter	NOUN
esutjss-52	347	3	to	to	ADP
esutjss-52	347	4	nigerian	nigerian	ADJ
esutjss-52	347	5	new	new	ADJ
esutjss-52	347	6	breeds	breed	NOUN
esutjss-52	347	7	in	in	ADP
esutjss-52	347	8	defence	defence	NOUN
esutjss-52	347	9	and	and	CCONJ
esutjss-52	347	10	political	political	ADJ
esutjss-52	347	11	science	science	NOUN
esutjss-52	347	12	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	348	1	unpublished	unpublished	ADJ
esutjss-52	348	2	notes	note	NOUN
esutjss-52	348	3	uroko	uroko	PROPN
esutjss-52	348	4	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	348	5	c.	c.	PROPN
esutjss-52	348	6	(	(	PUNCT
esutjss-52	348	7	2020	2020	NUM
esutjss-52	348	8	)	)	PUNCT
esutjss-52	348	9	.	.	PUNCT
esutjss-52	349	1	executive	executive	ADJ
esutjss-52	349	2	order	order	NOUN
esutjss-52	349	3	10	10	NUM
esutjss-52	349	4	:	:	PUNCT
esutjss-52	349	5	why	why	SCONJ
esutjss-52	349	6	is	be	AUX
esutjss-52	349	7	governors	governor	NOUN
esutjss-52	349	8	jittery	jittery	ADV
esutjss-52	349	9	?	?	PUNCT
esutjss-52	350	1	business	business	NOUN
esutjss-52	350	2	day	day	PROPN
esutjss-52	350	3	newspaper	newspaper	NOUN
esutjss-52	350	4	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	350	5	june	june	PROPN
esutjss-52	350	6	7	7	NUM
esutjss-52	350	7	,	,	PUNCT
esutjss-52	350	8	https://www.businessday.ng	https://www.businessday.ng	NOUN
esutjss-52	350	9	https://allafrica.com/	https://allafrica.com/	NOUN
esutjss-52	350	10	https://www.businessday.ng/	https://www.businessday.ng/	VERB