Abstract: This study examined China’s foreign policy in Africa and Nigeria development. The study was anchored on the dependency theory as propounded by Dos Santos in 1970. The study adopted ex-post research design while data was gotten from secondary source such as textbooks, journal articles, newspapers, magazines and internet and the data generated was analyzed through content analysis. The findings of the study showed that China's foreign policy interests in Africa is centered on political, economic and security interest and China’s foreign policy has not resulted in development in Nigeria, as Chinese firms in Nigeria employ more than 84 percent of local labour, despite the fact that few of these employees are technical or managerial staffs. Based on the findings the study recommended among others; that Africa should take advantage of China’s economic, political and ideological interest in Africa as China should be encouraged to strengthen and improve its co-operation with Africa in other areas such as engineering and technology and the government of Nigeria should put down strong laws as well as implement the laws, that will lead to Chinese firms putting more Nigerians into managerial and technical positions.
Keywords: Policy, dependency, security, technology, economy.
Title: CHINA’S FOREIGN POLICY IN AFRICA AND NIGERIA DEVELOPMENT
Author: Dr. Tamunopubo Big-Alabo, Dr. Emmanuel C. MacAlex-Achinulo
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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