Kwara State Local Government Council

These are roles that are exclusively reserved for the local government. The main functions of a local government council are as follows:

• 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;
• 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;
• Establishment, maintenance and regulation of slaughter houses, slaughter slabs, markets, motor parks and public conveniences;
• Registration of all births, deaths and marriages;
• Establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds, and homes for the destitute or infirm;
• Naming of roads and streets and numbering of houses;
• Provision and maintenance of public conveniences, sewage and refuse disposal;
• Collection of rates, radio and television licenses;
• Licensing of bicycles, trucks (other than mechanically propelled trucks), canoes, wheel barrows and carts;
• 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
• 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.