Editing Local government (section)

=== Nigeria ===
{{Main|Local government areas of Nigeria}}

[[Nigeria]] as a [[federal republic]] operates three tiers of government: federal (or central), states 
and local government. The country's [[constitution]] provides for each local government (which exists in a single tier countrywide), and its development areas and autonomous communities created by individual state legislation to have [[Democracy|democratically]] elected local government heads. There is a ministry (or bureau) of local government and chieftaincy affairs in each state charged with the responsibility of administration at that level. Nigeria has a total of 774 [[Local Government Areas]] 
(LGAs).<ref>{{Cite book |title=Country Profile 2019  |trans-title=The Local Government System in Nigeria |url=http://www.clgf.org.uk/nigeria |page=161 |format=PDF |access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref>