DOMESTIC POLITICS AND NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY
DOMESTIC POLITICS AND NIGERIAN FOREIGN POLICY
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2008-03
Authors
ONOJA, PATRICK
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Abstract
Foreign and domestic policy issues are related products of the same political
system and are designed to define and implement overall national purposes.
Foreign and domestic policy must be mutually supporting if national policy
aspirations are to be achieved in an atmosphere of political stability.
The research was carried out on the impacts of domestic politics in Nigeria’s
foreign policy using a case study method with a focus on President Olusegun
Obasanjo’s civilian administration (1999 – 2003).
The review of literature on foreign policy and other related material and the
adoption of “Realist Theory” which is anchored on interest led us to the
conclusion that Nigeria’s seeming inaction during the period of study was an
acknowledgement of the limits of its power. Against this background the
study concludes that Nigeria’s foreign policy has since independence been
consistently guided by the same principles and objectives. Nigeria’s Foreign
Policy initiatives and actions have been defined by one firm and constant
variable, i.e the protection of the country’s national interest.
As a panacea, the study recommended, above all, that Nigeria must involve
a “home grown” economic policy and honestly abode by its implementation.
Description
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.SC) IN
POLITICAL SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY
ZARIA
March, 2008
Keywords
DOMESTIC,, POLITICS,, NIGERIAN FOREIGN,, POLICY.