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Title
Nigeria's Federal Balance: Conflicts and Compromise in the Political System |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/10485/329 |
Date
1984 |
Author(s)
Elaigwu, Isawa J. |
Abstract
University of Jos Postgraduate Open Lecture Series - The terminal colonial period in Nigeria had witnessed the clamour towards federalism as a form of government. The statement by Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa was a reaction to the decision by Nigerian politicians to adopt a federal framework for governing themselves as the colonial political umbrella folded in the late 1950s. However, it may be pertinent to ask a few questions here. Why did Nigerians opt for federal form of government? Was it an attempt to realize the ideals of a model government or was it a compromise solution to some of the political problems which had emerged in the terminal colonial period? Was the emergence of federal solution the result of social forces at work in Nigeria? What did Nigerians want from Federalism and to what "extent" has the federalism been able to supply these wants? Can federalism meet the demands of Nigeria at all? To what extent has federalism provided conducive structures for effecting compromises in the polity. Has federalism provided adequate conflict resolution mechanism for Nigeria? Are there issues of conflict which cannot be adequately handled within the framework of federalism? These are the salient questions around which issues in this paper focus. |
Subject(s)
Political Science |
Language
en |
Publisher
Jos University Press LTD |
Relation
Volume 1;No. 4 |
Identifier
978-166-021-x |
Repository
Jos - University of Jos
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