Territorial Pluralism: Assessing the Ethnofederal Variant in Nigeria

Ejobowah, John Boye

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“…Nigeria is one of the top oil-exporting countries and has a volatile economy that is extremely sensitive to oil price fluctuations (Ross 2003;Addison 2007;Emefiele 2016). The oil sector is an important aspect of the economy: it provides for 95 per cent of Nigeria's foreign exchange earnings and about 80 per cent of her budgetary revenues (Ejobowah 2010). Revenue from crude oil accounts for between 70 percent and 90 percent of total export earnings and government spending (NRGI 2013; Olayungbo 2019).…”

Section: Institutional Settings: Oil-boom and The Nigerian Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Summary statistics are presented in Table 1. For our analysis, we rely on data collected six times in three waves 2010/11, 2012/13, and 2015/16 (NBS 2010NBS 2012;NBS, 2015. In each wave, households are interviewed twice, once in the post-planting period from August to November and once in the post-harvest period from February to April. Respondents provide detailed information on various demographic, social, and economic topics in all waves.…”

Section: Data Sources and Descriptive Statisticsmentioning

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How do Households Cope during Aggregate Shocks? Evidence from the 2009-2015 Oil Crisis in Nigeria

Animashaun

Wossink

2023

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The effect of global oil price fluctuations on households’ costs of living in Nigeria is examined. We extend a simplified model of the microeconomic implication of macroeconomic shocks that allows for cross-sectional heterogeneity in households’ distributions and consumption preferences. First, we show the effect of global oil price shocks heterogeneously varies depending on households’ preferences and consumption bundles. Second, due to the oil economies' enclave nature, we show that shocks would create a specific distributional effect that is more pronounced on households closely related to the oil economy. For the empirical analysis, we use oil prices between the years 2009 to 2015 and micro-level data from the Nigerian General Household Survey (GHS) collected between 2010 and 2016 in Nigeria. Our empirical results confirm our prediction: oil prices have a differential effect depending on how closely the regional economy is tied to oil production. We also find evidence supporting consumption substitution strategies, adjustments in household size, and labor supply as some coping responses to oil price changes. JEL: D1, O12, O55

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Section: Institutional Settings: Oil-boom and The Nigerian Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Data Sources and Descriptive Statisticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How do Households Cope during Aggregate Shocks? Evidence from the 2009-2015 Oil Crisis in Nigeria

Animashaun

Wossink

2023

Preprint

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“…Nigeria is a top oil-exporting country with a volatile economy that is extremely sensitive to oil price fluctuations (Ross 2003;Addison 2007;Emefiele 2016). The oil sector is an important aspect of the economy: it provides 95 percent of Nigeria's foreign exchange earnings and about 80 percent of its budgetary revenues (Ejobowah 2010). Revenue from crude oil accounts for between 70 percent and 90 percent of total export earnings and government spending (NRGI 2013; Olayungbo 2019).…”

Section: Institutional Settings: Oil-boom and The Nigerian Economymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Summary statistics are presented in Table 1. For our analysis, we rely on data collected six times in three waves 2010/11, 2012/13, and 2015/16 (NBS 2010NBS 2012;NBS, 2015. In each wave, households are interviewed twice, once in the post-planting period from August to November and once in the post-harvest period from February to April. Respondents provide detailed demographic, social, and economic information in all waves.…”

Section: Data Sources and Descriptive Statisticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

How do Households Cope during Aggregate Shocks? Evidence from the 2009-2015 Oil Crisis in Nigeria

Animashaun

Wossink

2023

Preprint

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The effect of global oil price fluctuations on households’ costs of living in Nigeria is examined. We extend a simplified model of the microeconomic implication of macroeconomic shocks that allows for cross-sectional heterogeneity in households’ distributions and consumption preferences. First, we show the effect of global oil price shocks heterogeneously varies depending on households’ preferences and consumption bundles. Second, due to the oil economies' enclave nature, we show that shocks would create a specific distributional effect that is more pronounced on households closely related to the oil economy. For the empirical analysis, we use oil prices between the years 2009 to 2015, and micro-level data from the Nigerian General Household Survey (GHS) collected between 2010 and 2016 in Nigeria. Our empirical results confirm our prediction: oil prices differ depending on how closely the regional economy is tied to oil production. We also find evidence supporting consumption substitution strategies, adjustments in household size, and labor supply as some coping responses to oil price changes. JEL: D1, O12, O55

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“…This may not come as a surprise as Nigeria is a deeply divided society. Over the years, this geographic based federal system evolved towards a federal system largely based on ethnic groups in order to mitigate ethnic conflict (Ejobowah, 2010). Ethnicity in the nation Nigeria doubles as a tool for primitive accumulation with political liberalization and democratic openings allowing for varying forms of expression of dissent and the intensification of ethnic competition (Umoh & Adeyi, 2019).…”

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The Nigerian Federation and Separatists’ Agitations: A Reconsideration of Contending Issues on Biafra

Bammeke

Awosika

2022

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Federalism often arises from the desire of the peoples to form a union without necessarily losing their identities. In Nigeria, an attempt to cultivate a common national identity met with serious obstacles from separatist agitations in Nigerian history. In the light of this, the paper examines the causes of separatist agitations in Nigeria from its formative years as a British Colony and Protectorate and proffers solutions for stemming the drift toward disintegration. It observes that the history of the Federation of Nigeria is one laced with separatist agitations. The paper notes that separatist agitations, have been traced to a plethora of factors which include ethnicity, cultural diversity, vast size, revenue allocation, political instability, and ambiguities in the constitution, among others. The paper argues that these factors remain object of intense politics and generally paved way for separatist agitations in Nigeria. In recent times, separatist movements in the South East geopolitical zone have stepped-up struggles for the actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra through protests and other forms of social mobilization. The protests have triggered tension and heightened insecurity, with the security agencies applying excessive force to quell the protests in some cases. The extant literature is awash with narratives regarding the recent upsurge and persistent centrifugal demands by pro-Biafra separatists, five decades after the Nigerian civil war. Although these analyses are germane to the subject matter, they essentially suffer from disjointed empiricism, and as such unable to adequately illuminate the understanding of the renewed Biafra separatist agitations. The paper concludes that Nigeria’s unity is problematic and that the approach the government has been adopting in handling the problem is actually not working.

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Territorial Pluralism: Assessing the Ethnofederal Variant in Nigeria

Cited by 8 publications

References 39 publications

How do Households Cope during Aggregate Shocks? Evidence from the 2009-2015 Oil Crisis in Nigeria

How do Households Cope during Aggregate Shocks? Evidence from the 2009-2015 Oil Crisis in Nigeria

How do Households Cope during Aggregate Shocks? Evidence from the 2009-2015 Oil Crisis in Nigeria

The Nigerian Federation and Separatists’ Agitations: A Reconsideration of Contending Issues on Biafra

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