FOREIGN POLICY MAKING AND IMPLEMENTATION UNDER OLUSEGUN OBASANJO'S ADMINISTRATION (1999-2007)
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Society for Research and Academic Excellence University of Nigeria, Nsukka
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This paper examines Nigeria's foreign policy making and implementation
under Olusegun Obasanjo'scivilian administration. Therefore, th is work
interrogateshow Obasanjo's administration formulated and implemented
Nigeria's foreign policy. To successfully accomplish this task, both primary
and secondary data were collected. Interviews conducted with principal actors
and secondary data obtained from books, journals, magazines, bulletins,
newspapers and government records were analysed to achieve the objectives
of the study.Among other findings, the study observed that there were
structures put in place for Nigeria's foreign policy making processes under
Obasanjo's c ivilian rule. It is important to note also, that the actual foreign
policies formulated were dictated primarily by Obasanjo's personality and
executive leadership decisions. The paperthereforc recommends, among
others, that strong institutions should be put in place to facilitate foreign policy
_ making and execution, and there should be standard operational procedures in
foreign policy making and execution that would strengthen institutions and
limit personalities.
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H Social Sciences (General)