FEDERALISM AND GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA

John O. Asogwa

Abstract


Different scholars have explained federation in different ways.  This word “Federalism has been used interchangeably as federal, confederacy federation and confederalism but the terms are not the same.  In this paper, federalism is seen and classified as regionalism.  In this context, therefore, ethnicity is used as the criteria for determining and delimiting these unit levels of government.  It is the hope of Nigerians that since the country was based created the ethnic character or affiliation of the country, its restructuring for the benefit of all becomes necessary.  Non-assignment of roles and responsibilities to states in Nigeria has triggered agitations from different quarters and, no doubt, has made a mockery of federalism.  Causes of this problem and the way forward has been addressed in this paper.

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