Fiscal Federalism and Performance of the Enugu East Local Government Council

Abstract

The issue of fiscal imbalance among the three
tiers of government in Nigeria has provoked
public and academic debates. It is on this
backdrop that the study examines Fiscal
federalism and Performance of Enugu State
Local Government System. The study adopted
descriptive research methods. Data collected
were presented in tables and analyzed using chisquare parametric statistics. The results of this
study reveeled that there is a relationship
between the problem of revenue allocation in
Nigeria and the agitation of balanced fiscal
federalism. It recommended that 1999
constitution of Nigeria should be amended for
better fiscal federalism in Nigeria. And effort
should be made to ensure that all tiers of
government adhere to fiscal transparency,
accountability and constitution provisions on
fiscal relations. The study concludes that the
principles of fiscal federalism are observed more
in violation than in implementation in Nigeria
federal fiscal practice. Local government
autonomy that has been approved in principle
should be properly implemented.