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ABSTRACT

The study sought to assess the demographic variables and administrative effectiveness of local government chairmen in Akwa Ibom State. Ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study conducted in Akwa Ibom State. The population of the study comprised serving councilors and the people in the local government headquarters in Akwa Ibom State. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 93 councilors and 155 other staff in the local government headquarters giving the total of 248 respondents that constituted the sample size for the study. The Main Instrument used in this study was a questionnaire titled “Demographic Variables and Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (DVAEQ)”. Face and content validation of the instrument was carried out by an expert in test, measurement and evaluation from University of Uyo to ensure that the instrument was valid enough for the study. Cronbach Alpha technique was used to determine the level of reliability of the instrument. The reliability coefficient obtained was 0.72 which was high enough to justify the use of the instrument. The researcher subjected the data generated for this study to appropriate statistical techniques such as independent t-test analysis for testing the hypotheses. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels. The study revealed that administrative effectiveness is the positive response to administrative efforts and actions with the intention to accomplish stated goals. The study concluded that there is significant difference in administrative effectiveness between highly educated and lowly educated local government chairmen. There is significant difference in administrative effectiveness between chairman in business related discipline and those in other disciplines. One of the recommendations was that government at all level should provide adequate in-service training for local government chairmen to enhance high quality in community development.

KEYWORDS: Demographic Variables, Administrative Effectiveness, Local Government Chairmen and Akwa Ibom State