THE IMPACT OF BAD GOVERNANCE ON NIGERIA’S HEGEMONIC DECLINE IN WEST AFRICAN SUB-REGION
Journal Title: Asian Journal Social Sciences & Humanities - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 2
Abstract
Nigeria has been acknowledged to be the West African Hegemon by both the West African countries and the western countries. The country’s economic strength in Africa as well as its military capability combined to qualify her as a regional hegemonic power. The country has demonstrated her willingness to act like a hegemon as evidenced in her series of involvement in the regional peacekeeping operations as well as economic assistance rendered to her neighbors. Nigeria‘s hegemonic power is however, on the decline since 1996 when the western powers declared pariah status on the country. Democratic governance did not make any radical alteration on her hegemonic decline. Using Kenneth Waltz levels of analysis the research identified corruption, insecurity, and rising poverty brought about by bad governance as the major causes of the country’s hegemonic decline in West Africa. The research conclude by suggesting measures to be taken in order to forestall the continuous decline
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Sani Ahmad Sule, Ranjit Singh, Mohd Azizuddin
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