Nigeria and Outsourcing for Sustainable Development: the Performance Challenges of Diaspora Nigerians...

The challenge of sustainable development has provided nations a chance to correct the anomalies of development and provide a futuristic environment to attain positive goals Nigeria outsourcing for sustainable development became relevant and important in the light of the fact that she had signed the development protocols at the level of the United Nations and other international organizations Such include the Rio millennium development goals The Nigerian Diaspora provides an avenue to assist development Development theorists explain development as consequent upon the actions of government and civil society i e a partnership between government and civil society an arm of which is the Diasporai e International civil society Importantly the African foundation for development also noted that the quantum of remittance to the third world countries makes the Diaspora an important agent of change and development It is no wonder that the current trend is to tap into the resource base of the Diaspora This laudable project can only succeed where challenges that provide hindrances to the project are removed This paper examines the performance of the Diaspora Nigerians in development interventions It identifies the challenges facing the Diaspora Nigerians in their effort to respond to government outsourcing to encourage them to develop th

Terrorism, Security Challenge and Implications on Nigeria’s Good Neighbourliness

Nigeria lies between five francophone countries with geo strategic and security implications. In this wise, Nigeria’s good neighbuorliness becomes an important political framework of interest.  International terrorism since the wake of the 11th September attack on America has metacised into local terrorism perpetrated by the Boko Haram group in the case of Nigeria. Boko Haram terrorism has been internationalized with linkages with Isis and has spread its tentacles beyond the shores of Nigeria into neighbouring states of Chad, Niger, and Cameroon. Since Independence, Nigeria has wittingly dwelt within a choking Franco phony politics of survival.  She had maintained a policy of good neighbouliness that has cost her continued friendship with France and economic openness to assist the African neighbours a breeding air of survival.  In the wake of the new politics of international terrorism and with the spread of terrorist activities beyond the Nigerian borders into neighbouring States, this policy (good neighbourliness) becomes an agenda for analytical consideration. This is the relevance of this research paper which considers Nigeria’s security challenge as implicative on good neighbouliness. The paper argues that, the security of Nigeria and its neighbours are negatively implicated and that this political framework (good neighbourliness) needs to be reviewed to take care of new arising challenges. Keywords: Good Neighbourliness, Security Challenge, Terrorism, Nigeria