The Federal Solution: Assessment and Prognosis for Nigeria and Africa

Adamolekun, Ladipo; Kincaid, John

doi:10.2307/3330319

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“…In other words, regional states were created on the basis of equality, and ethnic elites engaged in a contingent compromise, deciding to come together by creating a federation comprised of three large, ethnically based states. It is important to note that the states were initially based on large, ethnically based collectivities, the Yoruba, Hausa-Fulani, and Igbo people (Suberu, 2001;Olugbade, 1992;Osaghae, 1991;Adamolekun and Kincaid, 1991). By contrast, the decision to implement federalism in Ethiopia was also the product of elite compromise but the relative strength of regional elites was greater in Nigeria than in Ethiopia.…”

Section: The Theoretical Underpinnings Of the Use Of Federalism As Anmentioning

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Ethnic Federalism, Fiscal reform, Development and Democracy in Ethiopia

Keller¹

2002

Afr Jnl Pol. Sci.

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Ethnic Federalism, Fiscal reform, Development and Democracy in Ethiopia

Keller¹

2002

Afr Jnl Pol. Sci.

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“…Blitz (1965) notes a high level of internal efficiency during the early period of the Nigerian Civil Service. Concerns on poor application of the federal character principle were advanced by , Adamolekun (1991), Nnoli (1987), Oyovbaire (1983) and Kiragu (1998). Briggs (2007) provides reasons for overstaffing of the Nigerian Civil Service during her maturity period due to high rate of retrenchment by the private sector and with the impact of pressure on the Nigerian Civil Service to recruit.…”

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A Historical and Comparative Analysis of Colonial and Post Colonial Bureaucracy in Nigeria

Akinwale

2014

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the historical and comparative analysis of colonial and post-colonial civil service in Nigeria and to probe issues connected with Nigerianisation of the civil service. It attempts to justify that both colonial and post-colonial civil service recorded bureaucratic successes but quota and federal character policies partly affected post-colonial bureaucratic practice in Nigeria. The paper applies historical and comparative analysis of colonial and post-colonial civil service in Nigeria. The paper finds that colonial administration introduced representation of indigenous officials in administration and recognized the strength of the merit principle in the practice of representative bureaucracy in Nigeria but post-colonial administration mixed meritocracy with federal character and quota policies. The paper presents elaborative discussions on strategies to break up the power hegemony of national executive with constitutional provisions of federal character policy and effects of its application subsumed in the analysis that administrative decentralization has its flaws.

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“…Federalism as a political system was adopted to cater for diversities and heterogeneity of these societies as well as address the twin issues of maintaining unity while preserving diversity (Davis, 1967;Adamolekun and Kincaid, 1991). It is considered in these circumstances as a means of preventing a single group from dominating the others as well as monopolizing the consumption of public goods.…”

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Federalism and the quest for true revenue mobilization, allocation and fiscal commission in Nigeria: A comparative analysis

Ugoh¹,

Ukpere

Ashiwhobel³

2012

Afr. J. Bus. Manage.

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In any federal system, the nature and conditions of the financial relations are crucial to the survival of the country. In fact, in most federal countries, the federating states always have some issues such as discourse, dispute and wrangling with the centre. The issue is centred on the problem of securing adequate financial resources to discharge essential political and constitutional responsibilities. Nigeria is not an exception. The decision as to what percentage of centrally generated revenue that would be retained among the tiers of government has always been a problem. These anomalies, the article contend must be remedied in order to sustain a true federal system in Nigeria.

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The Federal Solution: Assessment and Prognosis for Nigeria and Africa

Cited by 15 publications

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Ethnic Federalism, Fiscal reform, Development and Democracy in Ethiopia

Ethnic Federalism, Fiscal reform, Development and Democracy in Ethiopia

A Historical and Comparative Analysis of Colonial and Post Colonial Bureaucracy in Nigeria

Federalism and the quest for true revenue mobilization, allocation and fiscal commission in Nigeria: A comparative analysis

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