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Fiscal Federalism and Economic Development of Nigeria

The study examined the effect of fiscal federalism on the economic development of Nigeria. The specific objective was to ascertain the effect of federal government’s allocation, state government’s allocation and local government’s allocation on the human development index of Nigeria. This study adopts an ex-post facto research design. Data for this study were collected from secondary sources from the Central Bank of Nigerian statistical bulletin, United Nations Development Programme, and the World Bank over 23 years, spanning 2001-2023. Descriptive statistics was used to summarize the key attr…