Politics of Revenue Distributive Mechanism in Nigeria: An Evaluation of the Nigerian Federalism
Keywords:
Administration, Constitution, Polity, Political authorityAbstract
The federal constitution of Nigeria was duly articulated and somewhat adopted to ameliorate the nagging issues emanating from the highly concentrated cultural cum socio-political diversity inherent among the ethnic nationalities formerly enjoying self-method of administration and religion. The British colonial authority that adumbrated the supposed unification modalities, did not out rightly downplay the consequences of this variation but applied certain measures to recognize the need to preserve traditional values in politics, administration and essentially, futuristic objectives of the concerned ethnic nationalities. Application of the principles of federalism, douses tensions in governance, politics, administration, revenue cultivation and distribution of values in the polity. We employed qualitative descriptive analysis in unravelling the abysmal socio-economic and political development which hitherto have been overwhelming the federation of Nigeria from attainment of the millennium developmental goal.
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