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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 …
Political Externalities, Federalism, And A Proposal For An Interstate Environmental Impact Assessment Policy, Noah D. Hall
Political Externalities, Federalism, And A Proposal For An Interstate Environmental Impact Assessment Policy, Noah D. Hall
Noah D Hall
Interstate environmental harms, which occur when decisions or actions in one state produce negative environmental impacts in another state, have challenged environmental law and American federalism for over a century. While even the strongest advocates of state primacy in environmental policy concede that interstate environmental harms necessitate federal governance, federal adjudication and regulation have done little to address the problem. This is due, in part, to a failure to fully understand the causes of interstate environmental harms. This article provides a new framework for understanding interstate environmental harms as political externalities caused by a combination of inadequate information, public process …
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 …