AN ASSESSMENT ON PUBLIC RELATIONS AS A TOOL FOR RESOLVING CONFLICT
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
We have taken a plan task on our own to evaluate the functions of public r elation in resolving disputes in third tiers of government which was discovered in oa Local Government Kwara State.
Oa Local Government area which was first carved out of old Ogun Local Government in 27th August 1991, the Local Government ever since creation has faced sense of hard times. The third tiers of government in Oa
Local Government varies from political crisis, community development chieftain titles and association provision of
amenities among others. Although, problems are band to happen, but too much of it can ruin life. If not for the existence of Public Relations, the Local Government would have been
engulfed problems and these are the reasons why we have concluded to go into research on the impact of Public Relations in solving dispute in third tiers of government.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Because of the inability to reach Federal Government in order to lodge complain, the Federal Government had decided to make it nearer to everybody by creating the third tiers of government i.e. the Local Government and the Public Relations department was created to maintain mutual understanding between the Local Government and the public. The following are the problems which a Public Relations oncer is helping to solve in the Local Government.
Chieftain of religious crisis Political conflict Then they help to resolve cultural conflict in the Local Government
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTION
Can dispute in the Local Government be traced to bad government? Could dispute be brought about as result of ineffectiveness on the part of Public Relations voicer?
Could conflict in the Local Government be traced to lack of cooperation of the Local Government with the government in power? Is dispute in the Local Government being as a result of moral laxity on the part member of the sta? Could the basic operating policies and guidelines serve as constraints to Public Relations policies?
