RESOURCE CONTROL AGITATION, REVENUE ALLOCATION AND NIGERIA’S DEVELOPMENT QUESTIONS (1999-2019)

This study examined resource control agitation, revenue allocation, and Nigeria's development questions between1999-2019.The objective of the study were to examine howresource controls agitations has influenced revenue allocationin Nigeria, to establish the extent by which revenue allocation has impacted development in Nigeria, and to ascertain the factors militating against resource control and revenue allocation from impacting development in Nigeria. The study hypothesized that Resource control agitations tends not to have a significant influence on revenue allocation in Nigeria, revenue allocation has likely not impacted development in Nigeria. The historical and descriptive research designs of investigation were adopted for the study while data were drawn mainly from secondary sources such as journals, textbooks, articles, manuscripts, newspapers and internet. Findings of the study reveals that over the years states in Nigeria have been agitating for increase in revenue allocation or resource control and this has led to periodic review of allocation to the state. The study also finds out that despite Nigeria's abundance in natural resources, particularly oil and gas, resource-producing areas have not experienced proportionate development outcomes. The study also reveals that the issue of revenue allocation and resource control have brought lack of investment in infrastructure, poor management of natural resources, and corruption which have led to a lack of sustainable development in resource-producing areas. The study recommends that addressing corruption and improving the management of natural resources should Nigeria’s priority.The study recommends that the Nigeria state should be restructured to reflect true federalism in its character and composition, by implication the power must be divided between the national government and the component units or other levels of government and those levels of government must operate independently, autonomously and coordinates its activity by this they will harnessed resources within its sphere of power and manage it, also in order to effectively address the problem of resource control and revenue allocation in Nigeria, there should be equality in the sharing process, thus will help in promoting sustainable development in the country.