Section 27: Functions of a Local Government.

The main functions of a Local Government shall be as follows-(a) formulation of economic planning and development schemes for the Local Government Area;
(b) collection of rates and issuance of radio and television licences;
(c) establishment and maintenance of cemeteries, burial grounds and homes for the destitute or infirm;
(d) licensing of bicycles, trucks (other than mechanically propelled trucks), canoes, wheel barrows and carts;
(e) establishment, maintenance and regulation of slaughter houses, slaughter slabs, markets, motor parks and public conveniences;
(f) construction and maintenance of roads, streets, street lightings, drains, parks, gardens, open spaces, or such public facilities as may be prescribed from time to time by the House of Assembly of a State;
(g) naming of roads and streets and numbering of houses;
(h) provision and maintenance of public conveniences, sewage and refuse disposal;
(i) registration of all births, deaths and marriages;
(j) 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;
(k) control and regulation of-
(i) out-door advertising and hoardings,
(ii) movement and keeping of pets of all descriptions,
(iii) shops and kiosks,
(iv) restaurants, bakeries and other places for sale of food to the public,
(v) laundries; and
(l) licensing, regulation and control of the sale of liquor.