Fiscal Federalism: The Struggle For Resource Control.

FISCAL FEDERALISM: THE STRUGGLE FOR RESOURCE CONTROL BY THE NIGER DELTA REGION IN NIGERIA (1999-2014). CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The nature and condition of the financial relations in any federal system of government is crucial to the survival of such system. This, in most, if not all federal countries, one of the most constant sources of wrangles centres on the problem of securing adequate financial resources. Resources control is a very vital aspect of Fiscal federalism the very nature of Nigeria in terms of diversity of its people, the size of the country,…