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The Evolution of the Nigerian Federal Administration System

This article reviews the major consequences for the evolution of Nigeria's public administration of the process by which the ”loose“ model of federalism adopted in 1954 was transformed into one in which the national government became dominant from 1966 onwards. To illustrate how this development affected the emerging public administration system, two broad themes are examined: (1) the structure, organization, and functioning of the federal and subnational units and (2) issues in intergovernmental relations, notably the allocation of jurisdictional powers, fiscal federalism, public personnel ad…