British International Journal of Education and Social Sciences

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2021-08-30

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Vol. 8 No. 8: August- 2021

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Oji, O. R. . (2021). OIL WITHIN BORDERS: THE NIGERIAN FEDERALISM AND INTERNAL BORDER DISPUTES OVER SHARING OF OIL REVENUE. British International Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 8(8). Retrieved from http://cirdjournals.com/index.php/bijess/article/view/45

Oil Within Borders: The Nigerian Federalism And Internal Border Disputes Over Sharing Of Oil Revenue

Dr. Okechukwu Richard Oji

Director of Research, National Boundary Commission

Keywords: OIL WITHIN BORDERS, NIGERIAN FEDERALISM, INTERNAL BORDER DISPUTES, SHARING OF OIL REVENUE

Abstract

Nigeria was a burgeoning agrarian economy before she struck oil in commercial quantities in January 1956. However, oil revenue complexified the intricate power play among Nigeria’s ethnic groups. This paper examined how oil wealth intensified internal border disputes within the oil producing states in Nigeria. It argued that the arbitrary creation of states and poor management of oil resources accounted for this border disputes. The paper recommended the need for the practice of true fiscal federalism as a panacea to the problem oil-related internal border disputes in Nigeria

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