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Nigeria, like several other plural and deeply divided societies, is a federation. The choice of federalism for Nigeria is a function of both historical antecedents combined with her peculiar existential realities. The ultimate aim of the founding fathers was definitely to weld together the disparate ethnic groups that constitute the federation. It is against this background that Nigeria’s federalism is regarded as a ‘catch-all management strategy’. However, contemporary developments in Nigeria’s convoluting federalism are indeed a pointer to serious problem of achieving national integration thereby truncating the aspirations of the founding fathers. More so, that the travails of federalism in Nigeria are getting exacerbated as a result of the mismanagement of the system. Hence, Nigerians and non-Nigerians are calling for alternative system(s). The most popular one brandished in public discourses is confederacy. Thus, this paper critically discussed con(federal) option for Nigeria.

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This page is a summary of: Nigeria (Con)Federal Structure?, December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-50509-7_8.
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