DOIAbstract
State governments in Nigeria are saddled with a lot of responsibilities thatare geared towards the development of their areas. To do this, they engage in expenditure profiles that are at times overwhelming, especially whencompared with their limited financial resources. This problem of insufficientfunding sources and over-dependence on external sources was investigated by this study using multiple regression analysis technique. It was found that while Federal allocation, internally-generated revenue and stabilization fund, were significant sources of financing state government expenditure in Nigeria, loans, grants and value added tax were not significant. Therefore, strategies for beefing up and sustaining internal revenue sources were rec...
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