Abstract
This research work is poised to look into ‘’The Role of Local Government in the Transformation of Rural Areas (A case study of Ofu Local Government Area’’ The research work is divided into five chapters with each chapter linking each other. The objectives of the research work among others include to highlight, analyze and evaluate the significance of local government administration to the transformation of rural areas. Two methods of data collection were used i.e. the primary and secondary sources of data and the data was analyzed using simple percentage method for easy understanding. The findings revealed that the quality of councilors who were supposed to be the nearest elected officers to the people are very poor and do not possess what it take to have good leadership. At the end of the research work, it was recommended that the local government should embark on programmes or projects as contained in their approved rolling plans and annual estimates to avoid plan destruction while mobilization of the citizens towards self help by local government council should be encouraged.