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Constitutional Provisions And Challenges To Local Government Administration In Nigeria, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp
Constitutional Provisions And Challenges To Local Government Administration In Nigeria, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp
Dr Ozy B.Orluwene,JP
Abstract The primary focus of this paper is to identify and explain the various flash points and problems of constitutional provision in Nigeria with emphasis on local government administration as enshrined in section 7 (1 and 2) of the 1999 constitution which restores to the states, the power to create and control local government among others. The paper regrets to note the gains made in local government after the 1976 local governments reforms have been depreciating. This is particularly true since the inception of the 1999 constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria and the deliberate actions of the state …
Federalism And Impediments To National Integration In Nigeria: An Appraisal, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp
Federalism And Impediments To National Integration In Nigeria: An Appraisal, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp
Dr Ozy B.Orluwene,JP
ABSTRACT This paper is primarily an appraisal of how the practice of Federalism in Nigeria is faced with many impediments. Theoretically, Federalism is established or adopted with a view to ensuring the unity of the people and faith in their fatherland so as to further the end of liberty; equality and justice in the country. With the data on governance being replete with contradictions controversies, paradoxes and crises emanating from the persistently fragile practice of federalism in multi-ethnic Nigeria. The situation tends to validate the French saying that “the more things change, the more they stay the same”. The governance …
Accommodative Strategies In Nigerian Federalism Since Independence, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp
Accommodative Strategies In Nigerian Federalism Since Independence, Ozy B. Orluwene Jp
Dr Ozy B.Orluwene,JP
Abstract This paper primarily illustrates how the practice of federalism in Nigeria has made her an epitome and pioneer of federalism in Africa in the use of power sharing mechanism and practice to promote inter- ethnic inclusiveness or discourage sectional imbalance and bias in decision making processes. This practice of federalism in Nigeria has also validated the idea that federalism is adopted with a view to ensuring unity of the people and faith in their father-land so as to further the end of liberty, equality and justice in the country. This observation has led us to conclude that it is …
Toward A New Horizontal Federalism: Interstate Water Management In The Great Lakes Region, Noah D. Hall
Toward A New Horizontal Federalism: Interstate Water Management In The Great Lakes Region, Noah D. Hall
Noah D Hall
This article presents a new model for environmental policy, called cooperative horizontal federalism. The cooperative horizontal federalism approach utilizes a constitutional mechanism for states to bind themselves to common substantive and procedural environmental protection standards, implemented individually with regional resources and enforcement. Here, the concept of cooperative horizontal federalism model is illustrated through the recently proposed Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact. Under this proposed compact, the eight Great Lakes states would cooperatively manage the world’s largest freshwater resource under common minimum standards, which are then incorporated into state law and implemented individually. This cooperative horizontal federalism approach …