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The Dialectics of Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria’s South- East Region: A Dependency Approach

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  • Jude Chiedozie Okwuadimma

    (Department of Political Science, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka-Nigeria.)

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Sustainable socio-economic development is feasible only on the basis of interdependent, positive and beneficial reactions between agriculture, industries, and trade. Where there are disarticulations between the trios, the economy in question remains shaky, and always dependent on sources outside its control for survival, which subjects it to external control. In the light of the above, socio-economic development in South- Eastern Nigeria has lately remained a contentious issue. This paper interrogates the dependency trends in South-Eastern Nigeria and how it impedes socio-economic development in the region. While relying heavily on secondary sources of data collections such as textbooks, journal papers et, cetera, the study utilizes the theory of Economic Structuralism to portray the dangers associated with dependency vis-Ã -vis socio-economic development in the South-East region of Nigeria. This paper posits that the South- Eastern economy is dependent in the areas of agriculture/food, trade, finance etc. and recommends inter-alia, the initiation of unified aggressive rural agricultural policies and programmes by the governments across South- Eastern States, which will ensure that everyone, irrespective of occupations engages in at least subsistence farming to boost food security and reduce importations of agricultural products in the region.

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  • Jude Chiedozie Okwuadimma, 2023. "The Dialectics of Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria’s South- East Region: A Dependency Approach," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 7(3), pages 1047-1058, March.
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