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    IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC GROWTH: 1970 - 2020
    (2023) ADEYANJU, DEBORAH OMOTAYO
    This study explores the impact of globalization via economic openness on economic growth in Nigeria from 1970 to 2020 using the Error Correction Model (ECM). Globalization was captured using export, import and foreign direct investment, while economic growth was captured using the gross domestic product. The empirical result revealed that export and foreign direct investment have a statistically significant impact on Nigeria’s economic growth, while import has negative and statistically significant impact on Nigeria’s economic growth. Based on the findings, the study recommends diversification of export, practicing of import substitution and promotion of economic openness through financial development.
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    BOKO HARAM INSURGENCY AND NIGERIA ECONOMY UNDER JONATHAN ANID BUHARI PEGIMES
    (2022) AIWEKHOE, Providence Osariemen
    This work examined the Boko Haram Insurgency and Nigerian Economy under Presidents Jonathan and Buhari (2011-2019). The far-reaching impact of the crisis arguably provided the context to explain the rate of poor service delivery, poverty, religious activism, unemployment, illiteracy and general underdevelopment as frameworks for violence. The main objective of the thesis is to ascertain how Boko Haram emergence and violent activities has impacted the socio economic development of Nigeria with particular reference to Borno State. The study used historical and exploratory research design method of data collection. It employed questionnaire to collect relevant primary data. The data obtained from the field were both qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed using explanatory approach. The theoretical framework adopted in this study is the Marxist political economy theory. The findings revealed among other things that the failure of government to provide development to transform human conditions in Borno State was the reason why people embraced alternative religious proposal. Also, that Boko Haram insurgency is an attempt to reduce the gap created between the bourgeoisie and proletariat in the state. It then concludes that the political economy of Borno state; being the headquarters of Boko Haram has been badly affected by the menace. One of the major recommendations is for the government to sustain the ongoing de- radicalization and counter radicalization programme to change the way they think. Also, government at all levels should evolve programmes that will bring about sustainable development, create enabling environment for economic growth and development, infrastructural development, poverty alleviation, health and education etc.
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    IMPACT OF POVERTY ON THE VOTING BEHAVIOUR OF ELECTORATES IN RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA: 2015 – 2019 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION
    (2023) MADUMERE, Victor Nkem
    Rivers State was created on 27th May 1967, under the administration of General Yakubu Gowon (Rtd). At fifty-four years of creation, the state is still struggling with elusive goal of socio-economic and political integration; Her people are faced with basic problems of survival that they are expected to have overcome after half a century of creation. Today, majority of the people in Rivers state go to bed with empty stomach. Casual evidence of the growing intensity of poverty in the state can be glimpsed from rising incidence of mass unemployment, homelessness, diminished access to quality food and nutrition, health care and educational facilities and the rising incidence of street begging, among others. To add salt to injury, the pervasive poverty state of the people has led to steady increase in political vices and anti-democratic behaviours; such as: thuggery, assassination, vote buying, election rigging and' destruction of properties. This study, however, examines the relationship between poverty and voting behaviour in River State during the 2015 and 2019 gubernatorial election The study adopted the primary and secondary based research method of data collection and analysis with Marxist Political Economic theory as a theoretical underpinning. The Research randomly selected a population of respondents for the purpose of the study. The Sampling population is drawn from 2006 population statistics of Rivers state. The targets of interest to the researcher are the low-income earners of voting age. The study found that the apathetic attitude towards election, rampant induced voting with meager monetary gifts, crude vote rigging, and frequent incidents of violence witnessed during successive elections in River State is majorly due to the intense poverty status of the people. It however recommended that government should take serious pragmatic steps to empower the citizens economically; and one way that could be done is by encouraging and wooing foreign Direct Investment which can generate good jobs through higher wages and enhance firm production to reduce poverty.
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    GLOBALIZATION AND ITS IMPACT ON NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY
    (2022) OSSAI, Victoria Onyemechi
    This research work investigates the globalization and its impact on Nigeria’s foreign policy. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprises the civil service workers and private workers in Gwagwalada Local Government area. The simple random sampling technique was adopted to select 200 respondents from the population used for the study. The main instrument used for data collection was questionnaire, which was validated by experts and the reliability was also established. Four research questions were raised and answered, the study revealed that, there is globalization impact in Nigeria’s foreign policy, which brought about both good and bad consequences into Nigeria. The issue of terrorism, for example, has brought down the image of Nigeria in the international arena. Similarly, internal political dynamics also contributed to the conduct of Nigeria in the foreign scene. As a federation of contending political persuasion, consensual position on foreign policy became the rule rather than the exception. Nigeria being that most populous Black Country in the world compelled her to shoulder, wittingly or unwittingly, the leadership of the black world. This led to Nigeria’s feeling that she had a responsibility far beyond her borders, some might say beyond her means. Even though Nigeria moved in a measured pace, there was no doubt that the political leadership of the First Republic realized that the country had a legitimate claim to leadership and also that black people in Africa and the Diaspora looked up to Nigeria.
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    AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN AID ON POVERTY REDUCTION IN NIGERIA; 1999 – 2021
    (2023) ADEWUMI, Oluwayemisi Deborah
    The study examined the link between foreign aid and poverty reduction in Nigeria, 1999-2021. Qualitative method of data collection based on documentary evidence was used. Secondary and primary sources of data were collected. The primary data was via unstructured key informant interview of political office holders and political analysts. Qualitative descriptive method based on content analysis was used as our method of analysis. The work is predicated on dependency theory. The study found that foreign aid and technical assistance has a reversal effect on socio-economic development in Nigeria. Specifically, foreign aid has not helped to eliminate poverty nor increase sustainable development in Nigeria over the years. Rather, aid had hampered growth and development, increase dependency status of Nigeria on the West, and increase the poverty rate in Nigeria. This study also observed that when countries seek foreign aid as a means of generating revenue for their budget, it has unintended consequences of breeding corruption and embezzlement of public funds. Furthermore, the conditionality’s (purchasing of items, devaluation of Naira, trade liberalization, SAP) attached to aids are detrimental to a developing economy like Nigeria. Aid is a quid pro quo affair. On the basis of our findings, we recommended amongst other things that government should establish economic plan which reduces Nigeria’s reliance and dependence on aid year on year, the government should strengthen Nigerian institutions for accountability, transparency, rule of law and good governance. Nigeria should be free from Western aids, the government should seek for green field investors to come and set up industries in the country. Nigeria should encourage Foreign Direct Investment. This will be achieved by evolving policies that will be developmentally oriented in Nigeria.