Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to identify the nature of relationship among these tiers of government. This study employed ex-post facto research design to examine, ascertain and determine the politics of federal-state relation in Nigeria. It ascertained what factor is responsible for the recurring intergovernmental crisis in states and determined the implications of the politics of intergovernmental relations on good governance in Anambra State. To achieve its objectives, the study adopted secondary method of data collection which utilized textbooks, journals, newspapers, government publications, rules of proceedings and internet materials. This study applied the Systems Theory as propounded by David Easton in 1965 and Structural Functionalism which was propounded and promoted by Herbert Spencer and Robert Merton in 1960 to provide understanding, explanation and as well as make predictions germane to the study. The data used in this study was analyzed and interpreted with major findings using Analytical Inductive Techniques. Finally, this research was able to find out and conclude that there is an existence of imbalanced relationship, concentration of power and distribution of resources among the tiers of government, there is a reoccurrence of intergovernmental relation crisis as a result of Nigeria being a rentier state that depends and lives on externally generated revenue instead of relying on the surplus production of her population and there is also a very good Federal-State relation between the Federal government and Anambra State.. Based on the findings, recommendations were made to the Federal government to decentralize her powers to the state and local government in order to reduce the unbalanced relationship existing among them, the Federal government to encourage the patronage of locally made goods and products in order to reduce the dependence of Nigeria on externally generated revenue and there is still need to improve and strengthen the Federal-State relation between the Federal government and Anambra State government, as this will cover other sectors of Anambra State that has not encountered development.
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