This work examines the effect of accountability and transparency in the financial management of Nigerian Local Government: a study of Edu Local Government, Kwara State. The research design adopted is the survey method for collecting relevant data due to; the population of the study involves the management staff. Data were collected from primary sources through a structured questionnaire of the sampled 280 staff of the secretariat. A judgmental sampling technique was adopted in the course of this study. Descriptive statistics, correlation, and regression techniques are used to analyze the data...