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The Political Economy of Border Closure: Nigeria’s Border Closure From 2019-2021

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  • Abdullahi Abdulkarim

    (Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria)

  • Abdulrazak Salisu Ibrahim

    (Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria)

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The closure of the border is not a new phenomenon in the global historical antecedent. Several reasons make countries of the world close their borders. It ranges from either to protect their citizens, either to protect their economy or to curtail any external threat or aggression from coming in. A state in international relations chooses her reason to close her borders with her neighbours despite the benefits. The Nigeria border closure in 2019 also was a result of the promotion of agricultural production, increase in local produced products consumption, and drastically stop smuggles of banned products by the Nigerian government from coming into the country through her land borders. Though, every administration in Nigeria does come with its policy of protecting the economy and providing a suitable environment for trade. This paper taking descriptive analysis as its approach, aimed at juxtaposing the political economy of the Nigerian border closure from 2019 to 2021. The paper also aimed at looking at whether the border closure has impacted Nigeria’s economy. In doing that, the paper adopted a theory of political economy of protectionism; which explained the reasons for the decision made by the Nigerian government to close its land borders. Data were gathered secondarily, which included; published articles, magazines, newspapers, textbooks, magazines, and the internet.

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  • Abdullahi Abdulkarim & Abdulrazak Salisu Ibrahim, 2021. "The Political Economy of Border Closure: Nigeria’s Border Closure From 2019-2021," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 5(09), pages 781-785, September.
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