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| Uncooperative Federalism and Contestations in Federal-State Relations in Nigeria's Fourth Republic |
Okoroafor, Sunday Adiele
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Abstract:
The paper discusses the uncooperative federalism and contestations in Federal-State relations in Nigeria's Fourth Republic. The paper applies a combination of historical and descriptive methods of research design based on secondary data. Theoretically, the paper hinges on Uncooperative Federalism as its theoretical framework. The findings of the paper revealed that maintenance of federal roads by state government, resource control and revenue sharing formula, minimum wage among others are issues under contestation between the federal and State governments during the period under review. The paper concludes that state governments are being confrontational to the powers and authority of the federal government on account of a number of issues the paper identifies as suffocating to the different states/geopolitical zones. One of the recommendations of the paper is that, rather than awaiting the "Eritrean-Ethiopian debacle", the prevailing federal structure in Nigeria should be restructured to accommodate the yearnings of all the 36 states and 6 geopolitical zones. The states in Nigeria must remember that the recognition and respect of legitimate claims is a precondition for the settlement of ethno-cultural diversities and peaceful coexistence.
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