Abstract
The paper explores political elites and local government administration in Nigeria; this is informed by past and present realities of Nigeria political elites that play exclusionary politics. It argues the need for inclusive governance and political participation in order not to turn Nigeria into a fragile state to ensure that good governance is sustained. The reason for political relations between elites and citizens dictate development outcomes, service delivery involves working with the political dynamics that has citizens welfare as its focus. This is done by addressing social justice and extremes of inequality as well as top down socio-political and economic process that sustain effective states, efficient markets and societies. However, elite describe how the states and societies manage their affairs politically and the way power and authority are exercised. Consequently, entrusting local level governance to few people that constitutes the political class endangers development, participation and settlement. This will degenerate to cycle of poverty among citizens that does not belong to elite class. Political elite create fragile relation and equally hinders socio-Economic development to its citizens. It is as a result of this that the paper adopt critical phenomenon as its methodology to redefine political participation with inclusiveness while dismantling the political elites and their corruptive practices that stagnate development with especially at the local level. The paper suggest that inclusive political participation will ensure that governance is centralized and built on fine philosophical ideals for the benefit of Nigerian citizens at the local level. With this, Nigeria will not be left in the hands of few less sensitive political elites at the local level.