Abstract
Corruption has been a canker-worm that has eaten deep into the fabrics of various segments of Nigeria with foreign policy outputs not an exception. Due to the prevalence of corruption in Nigeria, appointments and promotion of diplomats are been marred. This study aimed to investigate domestic financial corruption constraints on Nigeria’s foreign policy output for institutional antigraft reform (2015-2023) in order to identify how corruption interrupted Nigeria’s foreign policy output during the period under review. It also sought to analyse its nature, ascertain the challenges and effort which were made to contain the tide. In doing this, the study relied on the Agboola Gambari’s variant of concentric circle as its theoretical framework whereas the survey research design was adopted. Data was generated through responses from questionnaires which were presented in charts and analyzed using Microsoft excel statistical tool. The findings of the study revealed that, the nature of corruption was such that Nigerian diplomats are the real perpetrators of corruption and this made it difficult for members of the international community to relate with our diplomats on matters of mutual interest. It noted further that it is this distrust that created the poor image reputation problem for the country, denied her of potential foreign investment, gave room for horrendous insecurity experienced in parts of the country and made the effort to tame the tide almost impossible. Conclusively, in order to tame the menace of corruption bedeviling Nigeria’s foreign policy output, the citizens need to rise and ensure that only qualified individuals are allowed to occupy public offices at all levels in the country. The study recommended the use of social media and other media outlet to rewrite the battered national image of the country and portray it in good light as well as to expose the menace of corrupt practices.
Keywords: Corruption, Policy, Foreign Policy, Output, Nigeria, Anti-Graft, Finance.
Author name(s):
Abdullahi Mohammed Abdul
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nasarawa State University, Keffi.
Shuaibu Umar Abdul
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nasarawa State University, Keffi.
Izuchukwu Okolo
Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Nasarawa State University, Keffi.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23154340
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