@article{Abasili_Akinboye_2019, title={Devolution of Power and Revenue Mobilization: Imperative for Effective Public Service Delivery in Nigeria}, volume={7}, url={http://ujh.unilag.edu.ng/article/view/520}, abstractNote={<p>The question of distribution of power and responsibilities among the tiers of government<br>has generated heated debate for years in Nigeria’s development narrative. The discussion<br>has been able to gather more proponents than opponents especially as it relates to the<br>economic viability of sub-national governments and effective service delivery. As<br>convincing as the arguments for the devolution of powers and resources to governments<br>are, this debate has not been successfully translated into effective provision of public<br>goods and services. This paper therefore, without reawakening the whole debate<br>(because the discourse is still ongoing in the literature), addresses the paradigmatic<br>effect of devolution of power and revenue mobilization on effectively alleviating the<br>socio-economic deprivations of the Nigerian people. Thus, the paper relies on existing<br>literature (mainly secondary sources of data) in order to successfully argue its points.<br>Devolution of power, if well-articulated and practised, can promote effective service<br>delivery, reduce poverty, and at the same time increase the people’s capacity to pay taxes<br>and levies. The study recommends that the concept of devolution of power should go<br>beyond mere political and administrative decentralization, to address public<br>participation in revenue mobilization for effective delivery of socio-economic services by<br>government.</p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={Unilag Journal of Humanities}, author={Abasili , Celestine O. and Akinboye, Solomon O.}, year={2019}, month={Dec.}, pages={93-114} }