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Local Government Administration and Rural Development in Eket Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State (2015 - 2023)

It has been observed that the Local Governments in Nigeria appear limited in exercising their developmental functions, which seems to negatively affect the development of the rural areas. This study investigated the interplay between local government administration and rural development in Eket Local Government Area. The survey design was adopted for the study, with the population of the study being the 220,600 indigenes of Eket Local Government Area. A sample size of 399 was drawn from this population. The simple random sampling method was adopted, with the questionnaire as an instrument for …