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POLITICS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE CREATION
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Agitations for state creation are almost as old as the Nigerian nation. The more states that are created, the more the problem they are intended to solve persists. Just as the exercises enfeeble the constituent units vis-à-vis the federal government so do they detach the units one from the other. The state creation exercises have heightened the indigene-non-indigene phenomenon (statism) which is antithetical to a sense of common nationhood. The federal character principle which is intended to moderate competitions among states over national ‘cake’ has exacerbated ethnic â€â€
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]They are:(a) their land (territorial) areas (sizes);(b) their natural resources (in terms of economic viability;(c) their population size; and(d) the equality for living standard of their population (Obateru, 1999). In a perceptive work, Aaron Gana (2008), observed critically from Willink Commission of 1957 to the Politburo of 1986, that principal reasons advanced for creation of states can be classified into four viz:(a) to promote stability;(b) to promote unity and harmony;(c) to facilitate cultural authenticity and(d) to promote rapid development(Gana, 2008) An elder statesman ââ ... Continue Reading
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]Agitations for state creation are almost as old as the Nigerian nation. The more states that are created, the more the problem they are intended to solve persists. Just as the exercises enfeeble the constituent units vis-à-vis the federal government so do they detach the units one from the other. The state creation exercises have heightened the indigene-non-indigene phenomenon (statism) which is antithetical to a sense of common nationhood. The federal character principle which is intended to moderate competitions among states over national ‘cake’ has exacerbated ethnic â€â€
... Continue Reading
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