ANALYSIS OF STATE CAPACITY FOR POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT: NIGERIA IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Abubakar Oladeji, PhD
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Ilorin Journal of Business and Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 24, issue 2, 69-90

Abstract: Globally, states are established mainly for the provision of security through the enforcement of law and order, regulation of economic activity, and provision of public goods leading to the enhancement of citizens' welfare. For states to be able to achieve all these, they need to have capacity. Using the documentary method of data collection and content analysis, this paper examines the state capacity of Nigeria vis-à-vis some selected countries. The focus of the analysis is the coercive and the administrativebureaucratic capacity. Findings show that Nigeria lags behind South Africa, an equivalent federal entity, and Egypt remains a continental superpower in a coercive capacity. The data presented gives a power index score of 0.6241 to Nigeria, 0.55665 to South Africa, and 0.2216 to Egypt. It is suggested that improving Nigeria's fortunes in coercive capacity would require adequate and regular government security investment to ensure its dominance in the exercise of legitimate force in the country

Keywords: State Capacity; coercive capacity; administrative-bureaucratic capacity; public good; Nigeria. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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