The British foremost scholar on federalism, K.C.Wheare, had conceived the relationship and interaction between and among the different levels and institutions of government in a federal polity as that predicated on mutuality, co-ordination, complementarity, and completely devoid of subordination. Traditionally, inter-governmental relations in the Nigerian federal polity are to be understood within this context. The practical reality, however, describes a state where there is conflict-ridden distribution of power among the tiers of government, lop-sided fiscal responsibilities, and...

The state does not exist in a vacuum. It is a means to an end.The actualization of the objectives of state fulfils the end for which it was created. The realization of these objectives is predicated on the statutory and strategic institutions of the state. This understanding presents a complex network of the state, government and its institutions. Inherent in this complexity are sophisticated manners of interplay, transactions and relationships. This book THE NIGERIAN STATE AND INSTITUTIONS: Nature and Basics, is a painstaking scholarly attempt at illuminating various concepts, paradigms,...