Ukwueze, Ezebuilo R. LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND FISCAL FEDERALISM IN NIGERIA. JOS JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, 4 (1).
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Federalism is essentially about the division of a nation between and among the tiers, rather than within a particular level of government in the performance of government functions. In this sense, federalism involves political, administrative and fiscal decentralization. Put simply, political decentralization entails transfer of decision-making powers to officials at the state and local levels; administrative decentralization requires the assignment of administrative functions and responsibilities to sub-federal levels of government; while fiscal decentralization involves the devolution of the state‟s financial resources giving the sub-federal units the fiscal capacity to administer expenditure responsibilities assigned to them (Bird 2003:2-3). Ideally, federal institutions strive to ensure that there is a balance in the political powers, administrative responsibilities and financial resources assigned to each level of government. A federal government is a constitutional arrangement which divides law-making powers and functions of the state between two or more levels of government which are united in a defined territory (Onah, 2006:132).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Management and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | mrs chioma hannah |
| Date Deposited: | 02 May 2019 08:53 |
| Last Modified: | 02 May 2019 08:53 |
| URI: | http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/1413 |
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