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GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE, SPATIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

The spatial dimension of Governmental structure has to do with the number and status of significant geo-political units, their levels and spheres of authority, and how the entire system works.On the evidence of the state of the nation today the Nigerian system has not worked very well.The question is why?This paper attempts to offer some answers by examining the evolution and significance of Nigeria's geo-political structure. The Evolution of Geopolitical StructureThe traditional political systems in Nigeria range in type over "a gradient of centralization" (Horton 1971) from small-scale uncen…