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Record Nr.

UNINA9910824495603321

Autore

Egwaikhide Festus O

Titolo

Federal presence in Nigeria [[electronic resource] ] : the 'sung' and 'unsung' basis for ethnic grievance / / Festus O. Egwaikhide, Victor A. Isumonah, Olumide S. Ayodele

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Dakar, Senegal, : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2009

ISBN

1-282-90135-4

9786612901355

2-86978-396-5

2-86978-352-3

2-86978-296-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (128 p.)

Collana

Codesria book series

Altri autori (Persone)

IsumonahVictor A

AyodeleOlumide S

Soggetti

Revenue sharing - Nigeria

Nigeria Economic conditions

Nigeria Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on Authors; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Ethno-Regional Competition for Resources in Nigeria; 3 - Fiscal History; 4 - Educational Facilities and their Beneficiaries; 5 - Federal Public Service as a Cake to be Shared; 6 - the Distribution of Health Benefits; 7 - Federal Expenditure on Roads, Housing and Erosion Control; 8 - Conclusion; Bibliography; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Minorities of the oil-producing states are seriously disturbed by the inequity that is apparent from the existing principles of revenue allocation in Nigeria. In taking issues with them and other southern advocates of new revenue allocation criteria, the dominant north's organic intellectuals have always relied on the obvious concentration of economic and commercial activities in southern Nigeria to refute the argument that the north is the greater beneficiary of Nigeria's wealth.



Scholarly contribution to the ethno-regional debate on the equity of resource allocation has been anchored to the