Thesis Abstract

ABSTRACT

Nigeria has been faced with bad governance, poverty, terrorism, environmental degradation, oil theft, illegal bunkering, proliferation of small arms and light weapons and transnational crimes among others. Nigerians including President Goodluck Jonathan clamoured for change of Nigeria’s foreign policy direction to meet the emerging trends in the international State system. The Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan is a holistic attempt to reform and transform the Nigerian State. The ultimate goal of the paper is to access the impact of agricultural policy on economic development under President Jonathan’s administration. The study revealed that there was an increase in economic development due to effective agricultural policy implementation.

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