LOCAL GOVERNMENT TAX ADMINISTRATION AND RURAL ROAD INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN EGOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE.

Abstract

he study examined the role of Local Government in Rural Infrastructural Development: A Study
of Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. The objectives of the study include the following: to
examine the roles of Egor Local Government Area in road infrastructural development, to
investigate the impact of skilled workers in road infrastructural development in Egor Local
Government Area, to ascertain if the issue of funding affects road infrastructural development in
Egor Local Government Area, and to proffer necessary recommendations to the issues of
infrastructural development in Egor Local Government Area. The study adopted survey research
design. The Population of this study is drawn from all the communities that make-up the Egor
local government. These communities includes the following among many; Agidigbi Camp, Egor,
Oghedaivbiobaa, Oghokhugbo, Ugbighoko, Urunmwon, and Uwelu. The total number of
population of these communities as reviewed by the 2006 census figure is 339,899 (National
Population Census, 2023). In getting the sample size for the study the Taro Yamane sampling size
technique was adopted. Furthermore, the simple random sampling techniques was used in
selecting the respondent in the local government especially those that have direct bearing with the
impact of road construction to community development within the context of Egor Local
Government Area, Edo State. The instrument used for the collection of data was the questionnaire
which was administered to the study sampled respondents. The data collected were presented
quantitatively using simple frequency tables, percentages and the hypotheses was tested with the
Pearson Correlation Coefficient (r) via the use of the statistical package for the social sciences
(SPSS) version 22. The study discovered amongst others that Egor Local Government Council do
contribute to some extent to road infrastructural development of its rural areas. Furthermore,
policy recommendations were adopted which include amongst others that, there is need for the
council to procure tractors and other machineries that will help in the maintenance of road in Egor
Local Government Area.