Intergovernmental relations in Nigeria: improving service delivery in core sectors

Lev Freinkman ()

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Abstract: According to the Nigerian constitution, main public sector responsibilities are split across various government levels. Thus, no sole government could deliver radical improvements in service delivery on its own, which means that coordination and cooperation are pre-requisites. However, the existing mechanisms and institutions for inter-governmental policy coordination are weak and need strengthening. This paper suggests the following priority directions for reforming inter-governmental financing arrangements in Nigeria: a. more attention to the equity dimension of revenue sharing b. strengthening government accountability for utilization of public money in general, and for use of a common pool of funds such as the Federation Account in particular, and c. introduction of specific grant schemes directly linked to expansion of sub-national government financing in key sectors

Keywords: Nigeria; Fiscal federalism; Policy coordination; Horizontal inequality; conditional grants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H77 O55 N47 H75 H72 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-04
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