Military Rule: Ascension of Brigadier Murtala Ramat Mohammad President

On the 29th day of the seventh month of July 1975 , General Gawon attended the meeting of the Organization of African Unity called OAU where he was overthrown in cold water, which was carried out by senior military officers.

Brigadier Murtala Ramat Mohammed was appointed as the new president, Murtala's ascension was difficult, he fired all the governors of twelve states, and all the federal commissioners, and ordered that all civil servants be retrenched.

Preparations were also made to re-establish a new constitution, restore politics and give power to civilians, Murtala created new states where he added seven states to nineteen (19) and new governors were appointed in each state.

In the reforms brought by Murtala, including plans to reform the management of  local governments in 1975 , discussions began on how to reform the local government system and appointed a sub-committee to follow up on that. , at first the states were allowed to prepare how to manage their local governments, in the end the federal government saw that if the same arrangement is not made in the country, a child can be born without an eye.

The federal government has ordered the country to reform the local government system in order to bring out the meaning of the local government, its activities, expenditure, the role of traditional rulers in the reporting process of these zones - the zones have been distributed in the meetings organized by the government. in Ibadan to amend the proposals and review the comments of local government workers, traditional rulers and other people.

In the end, these recommendations were presented to the military supreme council and the state councils that sat together for implementation. A meeting of the chiefs of the country was held in the seventh month of July 1976 to give assurance to the chiefs that they will not be taken over.

The federal government of Nigeria in the eighth month of August 1976 released the Local Government Management System and allowed the Governors to create their own.