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This chapter provides a summary and conclusions of the book. Here it is reiterated that Nigeria’s domestic political economy entrenches over-dependency on oil and promotes over-centralisation of political and economic resources, and consequently, a flawed federal system. On the basis of the study, it is recommended that the existing and highly centralised federal system must give way to a decentralised system.
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For an insightful discussion on why these federations failed, see Franck (1968, pp. 167–199).
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Babalola, D. (2019). Conclusion: Addressing Nigeria’s Ailing Federal System. In: The Political Economy of Federalism in Nigeria. Federalism and Internal Conflicts. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05493-9_7
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