The global issue of gender inequality has become a severe impediment to the realization of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Nigeria. The paper is intended to highlight the enormous tasks challenging local government administration in Nigeria towards harnessing those positive potentials which have been suppressed due to the influence of male-dominated societal culture. Women as integral part of Nigerian society could not be neglected if a true development toward the socio-cultural, political, social and economic life of a nation is desired. Gender oppression theory was applied in the explanation of gender gender inequality in Nigeria. Functions of local government administrati
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