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The paper examines the contentious nature of resource control and distribution in Nigeria. It avers that resource control has been a big problem confronting the Nigerian state from inception. This fact has not been helped by the heterogeneous nature of Nigeria, the weak capacity of the Nigerian state, the politics of resource allocation and the primordial bend of leadership. Therefore, the contestations over resources have been heightened in recent years by the politicisation and ethnicization of the resource allocation process by the Nigerian state and its elites. In this situation, the Niger Delta minority ethnic groups have seen themselves as victims of this politicisation of resource control by the dominant majority ethnic groups in control of state power. This allegation of marginalization in resource control is given further impetus by the decline of the derivation principle of revenue allocation, over centralization of the resource allocation process and the general socio-economic plight of the region in spite of being the source of the oil upon which Nigeria's monoeconomy has depended in the last three decades. Therefore, the grievance of the Niger Delta minorities and the general conflict and violence over resource control in Nigeria can only be meaningfully addressed through a committed restructuring of the fiscal system. (Afr Dev/GIGA)

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- 1 Women in American Politics -- Women and Political Power -- Women in the U.S. Cabinet -- Women in the Executive Branch -- Women at the National Party Level -- Female U.S. Senators in Chronological Order of Service -- How They Assumed Office -- Female U.S. Senatorial Statistics -- Female U.S. Senatorial Election Statistics -- Chronology of Major Female Candidates for U.S. Senate -- Women and Their Seniority in the U.S. Senate -- Women Serving in the U.S. House of Representatives -- Female Governors in Chronological Order of Service -- How They Assumed Office -- Acting Governors -- Female Gubernatorial Statistics -- Female Gubernatorial Election Statistics -- Chronology of All Female Candidates for Governor -- Women Who Have Held Other State Executive Offices -- Women in State Legislatures -- Female Speakers of State Lower Legislative Chambers -- Women in the Judiciary -- Women at the Local Level -- 2 African Americans in American Politics -- African Americans and Political Power -- African Americans in the U.S. Cabinet -- African Americans in the Executive Branch -- African Americans at the National Party Level -- African American U.S. Senators in Chronological Order of Service -- How They Assumed Office -- African American U.S. Senatorial Statistics -- African American U.S. Senatorial Election Statistics -- Chronology of All African American Candidates for U.S. Senate -- African Americans Serving in the U.S. House of Representatives -- African American Governors in Chronological Order of Service -- How They Assumed Office -- African American Gubernatorial Statistics -- African American Gubernatorial Election Statistics -- Chronology of All African American Candidates for Governor -- African Americans Who Have Held Other State Executive Offices