Contending Issues in the Niger Delta Crisis of Nigeria - Journal of ...

Dr. Akpomuvire Mukoro
or nation (Wheare 1963:183). Matured democratic societies practicing
federalism according to Vincent (2002:32)
have somehow managed to evolve a satisfactory
balance among the federal, state and local tiers of
government and the sharing of the available
resources among them to fulfill the respective
functions prescribed for each tier in their countries
constitution.
This exercise operates in the spirit of equity, justice and fairness in a
polity that aspires for progress, stability, peace and egalitarianism
within its human community.
Judged from the inchoate state of democratic governance and the veil
of prismatism over the Nigerian nation, the operation of federalism
has become frauted with a lot of problems. Fiscal policies in Nigeria
has been used indiscriminately to alter the allocation of resources
which has resulted into the promotion of inequality of wealth,
opportunities, injustice and a lack of fairness amongst the federating
units. The is even more particularly bad concerning the Niger Delta
people (region).
Having expressed the above opinions, what should concern every true
federalist is the question of the impact of a given revenue allocation
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