LAND BORDER CLOSURE ANO THE IMPLICATION ON THE NIGERIA ECONOMY (NIGERIA AS A SURVEY)

This project work examines the relatiomhip between land border closure and the economy of Nigeria. Natiom depends 011 ílllernotional trade for sustenance. the exchange ofabundant resources for the scare or needed rc.rources. nu! subsequent closure ofland borders has become a .mbject for debate in the lips ofNigerians and i11lernotlonal commrmitles. no doubl, lhe closure o/land borders in Nigeria has trading across various countries and the nation in particular. A sample size ofI88 respondents were usedfor this study which included business men and women, farmers, importers andexporters, government agenefes amongst others. Datafor this research were gotten from primary and secolldary source using oral interview, questionnaires and publications. magazines and socìal media. Chi-square was used to test lhe analyze data. In the e.ourse ofthe research, it was díscowred that landborder closure has both negative and positive impact In lhe economy of Nigeria. It was concluded that the negative impact would have further deepen the plight andpoverty in Nigeria and has caused inflation 10 lhe economy ofNiguia, 011 lhe other hand, local production has been encouraged. dumping has been reduced lo barest minimum. Il was recommended among others that the government should ensure they make adequate arrangement to tackle the inflation, and also to encourage local productions. gil-e loan to farmers. empowersmall andmedium scale industries andso on.