NIGERIA FOREIGN POLICY THRUST: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PRESIDENT
NIGERIA FOREIGN POLICY THRUST: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PRESIDENT

Summary/Abstract: Foreign Policy is a set of tools or activities developed by states to drive its interest in the international system, internal and external environment, and the personality of the leader usually influence the country’s policy articulation and implementation. Nigeria foreign policy, like other countries of the world is all about the projection, promotion, protection, realization and advancement of its national interest. This paper attempts a comparative analysis of the foreign policy thrust of President Olusegun Obasanjo democratic civilian Administration from 1999–2007 and that of President Muhammadu Buhari’s democratic civilian Administration from 2015 till date. The work focused on the strength of Nigeria foreign policy and gains in the period under review. The choice of both Administrations for comparison becomes necessary, as both Presidents and leaders had formerly ruled the entity Nigeria as military heads of state. The paper examines both administration efforts in Nigeria foreign policy formulation and implementation, using secondary data scooped from books, journals, newspapers, magazines and internet materials. Descriptive analytical method was engaged using international cooperation theory in the discourse. Findings showed that Obasanjo marked his policies with practical actions while Buhari match his policies with non challant approach. The paper concludes that the leadership role as well as the domestic and external environment of both regimes account for the continous agains and the changes experienced in Nigeria foreign policy in both regimes.

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