Abstract

 This paper examines the impact of government expenditure on economic growth in Nigeria from 1981- 2018. The objective of the study is lo look at the impact of both government capital and recurrent expenditure on the economic growth in Nigeria. Secondary data were collected based on the model used in the research work and unit root test was conducted on the data to test their stationary, after which we perform co-integration test to analyze the long run relationship among the variables. The result obtained from our empirical analysis shows that there is a long rul relationship between government expenditure and economic growth in Nigeria within the period under review. The study therefore recommend that there is a need to instill fiscal discipline in government expenditures by initiating far reaching effective internal control measures and more proactive economic managemenl coordination and implementation as well as discouraging all non-productive activities and expenditures in all tiers of government forthwith. Keywords: Fiscal Discipline, Government, Nigeria, Expenditure, Economic Growth, Capital and /Recurrent Expenditure.