There are 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria. They exist in every state and in the FCT. Each one has a chairman elected by voters in that LGA, a vice-chairman, and a legislative council of elected councillors, one per ward. The Fourth Schedule of the 1999 Constitution lists what LGAs are responsible for. Some of what is on that list: primary, adult, and vocational education; primary health care; construction and maintenance of roads, streets, and drains within the LGA; markets and motor parks; refuse collection and disposal; registration of births, deaths, and marriages; regulation of food premises such as restaurants and bakeries; and out-of-home advertising. If you have ever complained about a pothole on a local road, dirty drains, a market that is unsafe, or a public school in disrepair, you were identifying a problem that your LGA chairman has the power and the mandate to fix.