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Exploring the Economic Potentials of Nigeria’s International Border Communities: Implications for National Economic Development

Mainstream studies on African border communities focus on security issues, neglecting the region's economic potential. The necessity of developing an efficient and reliable work plan for managing border communities to ensure that their potential is harnessed for national economic development has been recognised globally. Rather than points of opportunity for trade, social connections, and building better bilateral relations, these frontiers are now often perceived by regional governments as places of vulnerability and threat. The study examines the panoptic view of border communities in Nigeri…