Many authors and experts have argued that the nature of federalism practiced in Nigeria - one which concentrates power at its center, to the detriment of its states - is partly responsible for the huge infrastructure deficit in the country. In this paper, we evaluate the veracity of this notion,...

While there could be debate as to the root causes of Africa’s dearth of infrastructure, it is uncontested that this infrastructure deficit widens each year – and the remedy to same, lies beyond the fiscal capacity of national governments and public entities. The foregoing necessitates...

Nigeria's poor infrastructure development has long been an inhibiting factor to unlocking Africa's largest economy. In this paper, I argue that Nigeria's Constitution is complicit in occasioning this infrastructural quagmire, owing to the fact that it unduly hinders sub-nationals in Nigeria from...