Nigeria’s Foreign Policy under President Muhammadu Buhari’s Civilian Administration, 2015 – 2022.

Abstract:

Considering Buhari three-point agenda of dealing with corruption, fighting insecurity and reviving the economy, the major objective of the paper is to critically use Buhari Administration’s agenda as a parameter to assess the efficiency of his external relation goals. The method of analysis was purely qualitative. Data were sourced from Newspapers, Journals and Internet. The paper also adopted decision making theory to underpin the arguments. It is the findings of the paper that some of the foreign policies of President Muhammadu Buhari include one, external relations with neighbouring countries to tackle Boko Haram. These relations led to the creation of Multinational Joint Task Force. Two, financial aids from China to make up for the infrastructure gap and to revive the economy of Nigeria. Three, closure of the borders for the sake of economic protectionism. The paper concluded that, the foreign policies of Buhari did more harm than good. Therefore, the policies did not assist in achieving his political agenda. The policies brought burden of debt, over-dependency, heightened food insecurity and hyperinflation.