Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

PAD 310 — Intergovernmental Relations

PAD department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• describe the administrative and financial relationship between the different levels of government (federal, states and Local Governments)
• discuss the vertical imbalance and horizontal disparities between the different levels of government
• assess fiscal federalism in Nigeria
• identify the problems facing Intergovernmental Relations in Nigeria; and
• list institutions for managing intergovernmental relations

Course contents

This course explores Federalism and IGR: Theories and Approaches to Federalism and IGR. Historical Development of the Nigeria federal system. The Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. Bureaucracy and Interest Groups. Politics and Actors. The Legislative and Political Aspects of IGR. Bureaucracy, Politics and Public Policy.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study PAD 310.

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