Services

  1. To manage financial assistance to local authorities including allocation of grants to implement development projects and the award of annual grants from the Federal Government;
  1. Consulting the local authorities regarding existing policies and guidelines, as well as matters pertaining to the stability and safety of buildings;
  1. To implement programmes that promote awareness of environmental health and hygiene and to coordinate public health initiatives with local authorities;
  1. To promote the development of new villages by providing infrastructural and socio-economic facilities; and
  1. To coordinate programmes implemented by the Local Government Department and provide computer-based information systems related to local authorities.