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The Federal Solution: Assessment and Prognosis for Nigeria and Africa

Federalism has not been a resounding success in Africa, although unitary regimes have had no better record One promising political system has been the consistently federal and periodically democratic government of Nigeria. The principal challenges facing Nigeria, which are not unlike those facing other heterogeneous African countries, are national unity, democratic politics, and socioeconomic development. Examined here are the nature of these challenges, Nigeria's responses, potential alternatives, and possible implications of Nigeria's experience for federal democracy in Africa.