Federal - State Power and Fiscal Relations in Nigeria: 1979-1999 (original) (raw)

2017

Abstract

Federalism is popularly acclaimed to be the most appropriate governmental system for plural states due to its suitability for the management of ethnic, religious, linguistic and cultural diversities. However, in practice, several federal experiments have shown that the formal constitutional allocation of powers and functions provide only a partial picture of the reality. This is particularly true of federalism trajectory in Nigeria since the demise of the First Republic in 1966. Specifically, between 1979 and 1999, the period of this study, serious contradictions in inter-governmental power and fiscal relations elicited incessant conflict and crisis in the Nigerian federation thereby causing a negative impact on the quality of governance and service delivery to the people. This article is a critical discourse on the origin, nature and consequences of federal practice in Nigeria during the period under consideration.

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