EMPIRICAL STUDY OF FEDERALISM AND POLITICAL STABILITY IN NIGERIA
EMPIRICAL STUDY OF FEDERALISM AND POLITICAL STABILITY IN NIGERIA

Summary/Abstract: Federalism and Political stability are two concepts that are of significance to all modern societies.Federalism promotes pluralism and dispersal of power which is good for a multi-ethnicsociety like Nigeria. But in Nigeria, the practice has generated unending tensions among theindividuals, communities and ethnic groups within it. However, this study argues that healthyfederalism is a political panacea for ethnic violence, governance crisis and political instabilityin Nigeria. This study empirically examined the relationship between federalism and politicalstability in Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive and casual research design as well as thesurvey method. In the investigation, a total of 428 respondents were sampled using a structuredquestionnaire. Data were analyzed using Pearson product-moment correlation and linear regressionanalysis. Findings revealed that federalism has a positive and significant relationship withpolitical stability in Nigeria at (R = .732, R2 = 614 at p = 0.000). The statistical result shows thatthere is a strong relationship between federalism and political stability in Nigeria and that federalismaccounts for 61.4% of variations in political stability in Nigeria. Requisite conclusionsand recommendations were provided in the light of empirical and theoretical findings.

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