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Politics Of Local Government And State Creation
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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 – rivalries and the indigene-settler syndrome in most of the states. The principle should be replicated in the states to accommodate Nigerians there rather than being discriminated against on the basis of their states of origin. What a contradiction! The thrust of this study is to investigate how far the state creation in Nigeria has helped in knitting the citizens to achieve a common nationhood.
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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 facil ... Continue reading---
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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 facil ... Continue reading---
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