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africa development 46 3 2021 jemirade

Africa Development Volume XLVI No pp - ? Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa ISSN Nigeria ? s Foreign and Defence Policies During Babangida's Regime An Assessment Dele Jemirade Abstract This article investigates the changes to and achievements of Nigeria ? s foreign and defence policies from to It also examines the economic political and sociocultural implications of these policies on the nation The article argues that despite some identi ?ed failures of Ibrahim Babangida ? s regime certain innovations and actions especially the foreign and defence policies that were introduced and carried out by his government were signi ?cant in nature The article also addresses the interlocking relationship between defence and foreign policy execution and concludes with recommendations on how this can be managed to promote the e ?ectiveness of Nigeria ? s external relations The article depended largely on archival materials from the Nigerian Institute of International A ?airs supported by scholarly journal articles books and newspaper materials Résumé Cet article étudie les changements et les réalisations de la politique étrangère et de la politique de défense du Nigeria de à Il examine également leurs implications économiques politiques et socioculturelles sur la nation L'article soutient qu'en dépit de certains échecs palpables du régime d'Ibrahim Babangida certaines innovations et actions en particulier la politique étrangère et la politique de défense qui ont été introduites et mises en ?uvre par son gouvernement ont été importantes L'article aborde également la relation d'interdépendance entre l'exécution de la politique de défense et de la politique étrangère et conclut par des recommandations sur la façon dont cela peut être géré pour promouvoir l'e ?cacité des relations extérieures du Nigeria L'article s'appuie en grande partie sur des documents d'archives de l'Institut nigérian des a ?aires internationales que viennent appuyer des articles de revues savantes des livres et des journaux Department of History Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies York University Toronto Ontario Canada Email delej yorku ca C Africa Development Volume XLVI No This article examines the foreign and defence policies of Nigeria from to when General Ibrahim Babangida was the military head of state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria It also examines the impact of these policies on the economic political and sociocultural conditions of the country A lot of research and studies have been done on the foreign policies of various Nigerian governments including that of the Babangida administration but few have shown the relationship of these foreign policies to the defence policy objectives of the government and the overriding e ?ect on the nation This research is a synthesis and reassessment of the foreign and defence policies of the regime Many scholars and researchers including Iyayi Ake Falode Agbese McDikkoh Mimiko a Bamikole Ihonvbere Fawole G Ajayi Sa ? id Kolawole K Ajayi Adekanye and Okafor Bamidele and many others have condemned the Babangida government as a failure in terms of most of its policies But this article shows that despite this being so the administration