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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Public Administration</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Public Administration</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия:  Государственное и муниципальное управление</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8313</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-1228</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">31481</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8313-2022-9-2-200-210</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>International Experience of Public Administration</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Международный опыт государственного управления</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">The Politics of Border Closure and Its Implications on the Nigerian Economy</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Политика закрытия границ и ее последствия для нигерийской экономики</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3432-2940</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Omodunbi</surname><given-names>Olumide O.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Омодунби</surname><given-names>Олумиде О.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>MSc, Lectures at the Department of Political Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>преподаватель кафедры политологии</p></bio><email>olumide.omodunbi@uniosun.edu.ng</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3761-3823</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Olawole</surname><given-names>Oluwadamilare S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Олаволе</surname><given-names>Олувадамиларе С.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Postgraduate Student of the Department of Political Sciences</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>аспирант кафедры политических наук</p></bio><email>dddearestdare@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Mohammed</surname><given-names>Jimoh B.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Мохаммед</surname><given-names>Джимох Б.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">Student of the Department Political Science and International Relations</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">студент кафедры политологии и международных отношений</bio><email>olumideomodunbi@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Osun State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Осунский государственный университет</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-07-06" publication-format="electronic"><day>06</day><month>07</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>9</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 9, NO2 (2022)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 9, №2 (2022)</issue-title><fpage>200</fpage><lpage>210</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-07-06"><day>06</day><month>07</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Omodunbi O.O., Olawole O.S., Mohammed J.B.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Омодунби О.О., Олаволе О.С., Мохаммед Д.Б.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Omodunbi O.O., Olawole O.S., Mohammed J.B.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Омодунби О.О., Олаволе О.С., Мохаммед Д.Б.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/public-administration/article/view/31481">https://journals.rudn.ru/public-administration/article/view/31481</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">The research establishes that land borders closure by the Nigerian government against other neighboring African countries due to smuggling and illegal business trades affecting the unstable economy of the country calls for a radical change which determines whether the closure of the land borders affected the growth and development of the Nigerian Economy, as it also determined measures to mitigate the challenges of smuggling in Nigeria. The study made use of data mainly obtained from secondary sources which were acquired from books, articles, journals, newspapers and other published materials. The study uncovers that the closure of the land borders had certain consequences which negates Nigeria’s international trade treaties and economy as certain African countries backfired against Nigeria due to the land border closure. Furthermore, the study observed that the Nigerian Economy is still faced with the problem of inflation as a result of high reliance on foreign and imported products, but since the land borders were closed, job opportunities were created and local industries have developed, thereby leading to increase in the production of locally-made goods which aids the growth and development of the Nigerian Economy. The study recommends that the Nigerian government should invest highly on local entrepreneurs and the Agricultural sector as this will encourage foreign and local investments aimed towards the progress of the Nigerian Economy.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Статья устанавливает, что закрытие сухопутных границ правительством Нигерии по отношению к соседним африканским странам из-за контрабанды и незаконной коммерческой деятельности, приводит к дистабилизации экономики страны, что требует радикальных изменений, которые определят, повлияло ли закрытие сухопутных границ на рост и развитие нигерийской экономики, с учетом проблем контрабанды. В исследовании использовались данные, полученные в основном из вторичных источников: книг, статей, журналов, газет и других опубликованных материалов. Исследование показывает, что закрытие сухопутных границ имело определенные последствия, которые сводят на нет международные торговые договоры и планы развития экономики Нигерии, поскольку некоторые африканские страны имели неприятные последствия из-за закрытия сухопутной границы. Кроме того, в исследовании отмечается, что нигерийская экономика по-прежнему сталкивается с проблемой инфляции в результате высокой зависимости от иностранных и импортных товаров, но поскольку сухопутные границы были закрыты, были созданы рабочие места и развивалась отечественная промышленность, что привело к увеличению производства товаров местного производства, которые способствует росту и развитию нигерийской экономики. В исследовании рекомендуется, чтобы правительство Нигерии инвестировало значительные средства в национальный бизнес и сельскохозяйственный сектор, поскольку это будет стимулировать иностранные и местные инвестиции, направленные на развитие нигерийской экономики.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>border</kwd><kwd>closure</kwd><kwd>development</kwd><kwd>economy</kwd><kwd>Nigeria</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>граница</kwd><kwd>миграция</kwd><kwd>развитие</kwd><kwd>экономика</kwd><kwd>Нигерия</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Hoffman L.K., Malley P. Nigeria’s Booming Borders. The Drivers and Consequences of Unrecorded Trade. in Chatham House Report. 2000;3(4):1-62.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Okorie N. Normative Theories. Theoretical Foundations of Studies in Communications. 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