Reflecting the Ancient Administrative Tendencies of the Oyo Kingdom in Modern Local Government System

Oluwadare Ayeni

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Reflecting the Ancient Administrative Tendencies of the Oyo Kingdom in Modern Local Government System

Oluwadare Ayeni

Published in Journal of Public Policy and Administration (Volume 5, Issue 2)

Received: 30 March 2021 Accepted: 19 April 2021 Published: 29 April 2021

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Abstract

Globally, the debate on the adaptability of traditional institutions into local governance is ongoing. A school of thought believes that traditional institutions foster local government administration especially in mobilizing grassroots support through its traditional strategies. Another school characterized administrative practices of traditional institutions as anachronistic and undemocratic. While synergy among these views is desirable, this study investigates the extent to which tendencies of traditional institutions are reflected in the modernised local government administration. Respondents were selected from Atiba Local Government Council, the Community Leaders, and the Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters in Oyo State with a total population (304) and sample size (152). Primary and secondary sources were employed for data collection. The study revealed traditional institutions partake in security administration (80.6%) and information management (84.4%) but not so active in project monitoring (93.3%), on overall the study reported that roles allotted traditional institutions were not statistically significant, c2 (6, 670)=0.414, p > 0.05. The study further established that effects of the traditional institution are more prominent in; effective two-way communication between the grassroots and local government (89.5%), promotion of peace and order (93.3%) but less prominent in collaborative governance (91.1%), it was revealed that effect of traditional institutions on local governance is not statistically significant, c2 (6, 670)=0.007, p > 0.05. For the tendencies of traditional institutions to be harmoniously reflected in the local government administration, institutional and constitutional reforms are hereby recommended.

Published in	Journal of Public Policy and Administration (Volume 5, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.jppa.20210502.11
Page(s)	30-36
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Tradition, Local Governance, Kingdom

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