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Title:Federalism
Authors:Ayoade, J.A.A.ISNI
Suberu, Rotimi T.ISNI
Year:1989
Periodical:Quarterly Journal of Administration
Volume:24
Issue:3
Pages:152-165
Language:English
Geographic term:Nigeria
Subjects:federalism
self-government
constitutional reform
Abstract:The centralism of the new Constitution of Nigeria is the primary theme of this article. Nigeria's new Constitution seeks to institutionalize a federal arrangement that is hinged on a predominant centre. A centripetal bias is evident in the Constitution's definition of federal legislative competence which now includes the power to reorganize local government areas. The new Constitution's centralist and nationalist assumptions are also underlined by its failure to legitimize subnational and sectional aspirations regarding such sensitive themes in Nigerian federalism as the 'federal character' principle (according to this principle the composition and conduct of public institutions should reflect the federal or plural character of the country), State creation and Islamic law. Ref.