Thesis Abstract and Dissertation Abstracts
Nigeria's Oda to African Countries
Abstract Category: Arts
Course / Degree: M.Phil. History
Institution / University: Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Published in: 2005
The study set out to analyse the historical conditions upon which Nigeria’s foreign assistance programmes and policies evolved and has developed. Given that foreign aid is only an instrumentation of a state’s foreign policy and that foreign policy encapsulates all that the state projects and seeks to achieve in the international environment, the study sought to identify that character of the Nigerian state of which foreign assistance policy constitutes an expression. In so doing, it was hoped that greater light would be shed on Nigeria’s official development assistance to other African countries in terms of the character of aid and the decision making process.
The methodology employed was the qualitative method, by which primary and secondary data was collected and analysed to offer the thematic interpretations. The study also adopted the Theory of Role Conception in Foreign Policy, which prescribes that state behaviours in the international environment are based on a conception of national and alter prescribed roles and that this process of conception is derived from the historical constitution of the state. This was applied to the Nigerian case to show how the country began conceiving of itself in role-types of regional leader, regional protector, pivotal state and regional developer.
The study found that Nigeria’s aid policy and programmes proceed from and are enacted from these major national conceptions. The idea of Nigeria being a ‘giant’ of Africa is traced to the colonial constitution of the state, which was retained by the post-colonial state. The study also found out that the character of the Nigerian state and its position in Africa is presented as a providentially accomplished project and not as an aspiration. What constitutes the Nigerian identity is more structural than cultural. This explains why Nigeria’s aid policy is conducted in a non- quid pro quo manner and not as an instrument for the achievement of clearly identifiable national values. In addition, the study observed that the comparative advantage over other African countries which underscores Nigeria’s aid policy is progressively narrowing.
The study concluded that a state is only as effective in the international environment to the extent of its capability. Nigeria’s official development assistance to African countries, between 1960 and 1999, reflects the character of the Nigerian state.
Thesis Keywords/Search Tags:
foreign aid, south-south cooperation, African unity
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Submission Details: Thesis Abstract submitted by Oduntan Oluwaytoyin Babaunde from Nigeria on 15-Mar-2006 20:27.
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