Thesis Abstract

Thesis Overview

<p> </p><p>Any country’s economic score sheet is influenced by the events within and from</p><p>abroad. The reality of globalization has come to mean that the former speaks</p><p>louder now than in the days past when domestic measures dictated matters. The</p><p>passion being expressed by the Nigerian government for foreign investments</p><p>needs to be examined in the context of the two tendencies broadly shown by a</p><p>nationalistic approach in which nationalization, indigenization and control are key</p><p>factors and by liberalization in which deregulation and privatization are notable.</p><p>Nigeria indeed practised the first hoping to achieve growth, development and self-</p><p>sufficiency that way before courting, gently at first, the second.</p><p>This study begins where the former stopped. It examines the high points of the</p><p>national approach which relied so much on domestic measures and legislation, in</p><p>this case exchange control and indigenization laws. It then considers the crisis</p><p>stage when Nigeria was torn between the two: this is shown for instance in her not</p><p>totally repealing the indigenization laws but conceding some participation without</p><p>voti</p> <br><p></p>