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Oil and fiscal federalism in Nigeria : the political economy of resource allocation in a developing country / Augustine A. Ikein, Comfort Briggs-Anigboh.

Lippincott Library HJ1501.Z7 I37 1998
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ikein, Augustine A.
Contributor:
Briggs-Anigboh, Comfort.
Series:
Making of modern Africa
The making of modern Africa
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Intergovernmental fiscal relations--Nigeria.
Intergovernmental fiscal relations.
Revenue sharing--Nigeria.
Revenue sharing.
Petroleum industry and trade--Government ownership--Nigeria.
Petroleum industry and trade.
Petroleum--Taxation--Nigeria.
Petroleum.
Corporations, Foreign--Taxation--Nigeria.
Corporations, Foreign.
Corporations, Foreign--Taxation.
Petroleum--Taxation.
Petroleum--Taxation--U.S. states.
Petroleum industry and trade--Government ownership.
Nigeria.
Physical Description:
xxvii, 369 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Place of Publication:
Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, [1998]
Contents:
Federalism and fiscal policy 2
Formulation and adoption of revenue allocation policy explanation 6
Experts and policy making experts and expertise 7
Rationale for using experts 9
Constraints and pressures on experts 11
Experts and policy makers in Nigeria 17
Composition and selection of fiscal commissions in Nigeria 18
Organization of study 20
Organizational structure of the book 23
2 Theoretical and historical foundations to fiscal federalism 33
Public policy approaches and process theoretical approaches 35
The policy process in developing states 36
3 Evolution of federalism in Nigeria 42
The constitutional background 44
The early years of Nigerian federalism 46
The federal era 48
Military federalism 52
Federalism and post-military politics 62
Periods and characteristics of federalism in Nigeria 65
4 Nigeria's quest for federalism 78
Definition of a political party 79
Political parties in Africa: A general overview 80
Genesis of political parties in Nigeria 82
Political parties in the 2nd republic 87
Roles and performance of political parties in Nigeria 93
5 Fiscal federalism and evolution of revenue allocation policy in Nigeria 106
Fiscal centralization in Nigeria 107
Fiscal adjustment in federal states 110
Revenue allocation in Nigeria 112
The derivation principle 115
The need principle 116
6 Nigeria: Military government, secession, states creation, and revenue allocation system (1966-1979) 124
Secession and states' creation - relation to revenue allocation 125
Revenue issue and secession 125
Oil revenue and states' creation 129
Early attempts at revenue sharing 130
The interim revenue allocation review committee, 1968 132
Fiscal adjustments through decrees 136
The Technical Committee on revenue allocation, 1977 143
7 Revenue allocation in the 2nd Republic, 1979-1982 162
The presidential commission on revenue allocation 162
Proposals from federal, state and local governments intergovernmental allocation 168
Inter-state allocation 171
Population 172
Equality of states 174
Derivation 174
Okigbo Commission recommendations and reaction 176
Inter-state proposals 177
Minimum responsibility of governments 178
Population 178
Social development factor 178
Internal revenue effort 179
The National Assembly debate on the 1981 revenue allocation bill 188
Legal battles over revenue allocation bill 201
Final passage of the 1981 revenue allocation bill 205
8 Nigeria: Summary of fiscal federalism in retrospect 218
9 Nigeria's revenue sharing problem: Perspectives and choices / Tonyesima Furro, Ph.D. 227
Pre-oil economy revenue sharing trend 228
The principle of derivation 234
Revenue sharing trend in the oil era 237
The principle of population 239
Implications for the oil producing areas 241
Policy options for the Third Republic and beyond 243
10 Nigeria: Socio-political development and oil 250
Ethno diverse politics and the promise of democracy in Nigeria 255
Ethno-political orientation in Nigeria's nation building 258
National politics 265
Nigeria: An overview of oil development and producing areas 271
Ecclesiastical thoughts on restitution 276
11 Oil, fiscal federalism, and Nigeria's destiny 286
Policy alternatives for better federalism in Nigeria 302
Nigeria: Oil production and producing areas 337
Nigeria: Oil contracts, 1994 341
Nigeria: Oil companies (1993) 342
Nigeria: Oil producing states 345
Nigeria: Revenue from oil and non-oil sectors 346
Value of Nigerian oil exports 347
Nigeria: Oil prices 1972-1994 348.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-369).
ISBN:
185628848X
OCLC:
40138320

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