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Federalism and State Creation in Nigeria
Abstract
The conundrum on the Nigerian Federal structure has continued to be a source of worry to many Nigerians despite the fact that Federalism as a prescriptive ideology has an ancient pedigree. This paper took a panoramic view of state creation and Nigerian Federalism with a view to proffering solution on Nigeria’s National unity. Secondary data was employed in this study as data were collected from available literature. While adopting review and trends analytical approach, the paper revealed that state creation exercise though brings even development, it has also been responsible for the major political absurdities in Nigeria such as ethnic crisis inter and intra party crisis, religious bigotry, boko haram and secession and so on. It therefore recommends among other things that the challenges of geo-political balancing can only be resolved by enthroning inclusive democratic governance. The implication of this is that there is no stability unless credible leadership is witnessed in the polity.
