Bulletin n. 1/2013
June 2013
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • V. Adefemi Isumonah, Festus O. Egwaikhide
    Federal Presence in Higher Institutions in Nigeria and the North/South Dichotomy
    in Regional and Federal Studies , volume 23 n.2 ,  2013 ,  169-88
    Which region gains more from Nigeria's wealth is a subject of heated debate between northerners and southerners. While the former believe that the southern region gets more because it plays host to most of the economic activities of Nigeria, the latter believe that the northern region has through its many years of control of federal power. Given limited space, this study uses the regional distribution of the benefits of student enrolments in federal universities to provide some insights. The reason for the choice of university education is that it combines two features of being a benefit and key to certain other benefits the federal government dispenses. The conclusion from the data analysed is that the greater beneficiary of federal expenditures on education is southern Nigeria, which also likely has greater access to other benefits that come with educational qualifications. It follows that the extent of federal government's involvement in the provision of subsidized university education is the extent of advantage the south enjoys over the north.
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