1. The main
functions of a local government council are as follows:
(a)
the consideration and the making of recommendations to a State
commission on economic planning or any similar body on -
(i)
the economic development of the State, particularly in so
far as the areas of authority of the council and of the State
are affected, and
(ii) proposals made by the said commission
or body;
(b) collection
of rates, radio and television licences;
(c) establishment
and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds and homes for
the destitute or infirm;
(d) licensing
of bicycles, trucks (other than mechanically propelled trucks),
canoes, wheel barrows and carts;
(e) establishment,
maintenance and regulation of slaughter houses, slaughter
slabs, markets, motor parks and public conveniences;
(f) construction
and maintenance of roads, streets, street lightings, drains
and other public highways, parks, gardens, open spaces, or
such public facilities as may be prescribed from time to time
by the House of Assembly of a State;
(g) naming
of roads and streets and numbering of houses;
(h) provision
and maintenance of public conveniences, sewage and refuse
disposal;
(i) registration
of all births, deaths and marriages;
(j) assessment
of privately owned houses or tenements for the purpose of
levying such rates as may be prescribed by the House of Assembly
of a State; and
(k) control
and regulation of -
(i)
out-door advertising and hoarding,
(ii) movement and keeping of pets of all description,
(iii) shops and kiosks,
(iv) restaurants, bakeries and other places
for sale of food to the public,
(v) laundries, and
(vi) licensing, regulation and control of
the sale of liquor.
2. The functions
of a local government council shall include participation of
such council in the Government of a State as respects the following
matters -
(a)
the provision and maintenance of primary, adult and vocational
education;
(c) the provision and maintenance of health
services; and
(d) such other functions as may be conferred
on a local government council by the House of Assembly of
the State.`
