CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1  Background of the Study 

Many researchers have in the past looked at various uses of translation in solving problems of the society. For example, there have been studies on the use of translation in literature (literary translation), the communicative use of translation where issues such as ‘Translation in Nigerian Languages for the Mass, Print and Electronic Media’, etcetera were treated. This current study has tried to focus on local government system with a view to finding out the relevance of translation in bridging communication gap in the local area.

Local government system was established in Nigeria for the main aim of bringing government activities closer to the people at the grassroots level. It was believed that by creating the local government system, the people at the grassroots will always be aware of government policies and programmes and be able to participate in government activities for the good of the rural area. Nwokike (2006:232) captures this fact where he observes that local governments serve two broad purposes of:

1.     enabling many public services to be provided at a level nearer to the people whom the services benefit;

2.     enabling local political opinion to be organized and expressed

Oyediran (1998:40) also succinctly present the reasons for the creation of Local Government as follows:

1.             Local Government is created to provide certain basic services for the citizens at the local level;

2.             Local government is the nearest government to the citizens at the local level;

3.             Through local government, local people jointly solve common problems and needs, which could not be solved by the individual alone;

4.             Local government gives the citizens the opportunity to practice democracy;

5.             Local government is a useful instrument for the central and state governments in the governance of a country.

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