A Historical Contextualization of Botswana-Nigerian Political & Economic Relations, 1971- 2012

Abstract

Political and economic relations between Nigeria and Botswana; in between the period of 1971 and 2012 was inactive, lukewarm, unenthusiastic from their period of independence to the second decade of the 21 st century. Despite the colonial link between Nigeria and Botswana; both took different post colonial destinies, as the facts may have suggested that Nigeria is heterogeneous and found compatibility between the nationalities difficult whilst Botswana is homogeneous and to a larger extent compatible.