Promoting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities in the Legal Framework, 2020-2023.

This paper critically examines the legal framework regulating Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nigeria, highlighting both the opportunities it offers and the significant challenges that hinder its full potential. While Nigeria possesses abundant natural and human resources and has implemented reforms such as the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 and the One-Stop Investment Centre (OSIC), legal inconsistencies, regulatory overlaps, insecurity, and weak enforcement continue to deter investor

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Babcock University Journal of History and International Studies (BUJOHIS)
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2026-05-27
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https://doi.org/10.61955/npnlwo
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International Arbitration and Investment Law
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Promoting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities in the Legal Framework, 2020-2023.

Ibekwe Ibekwe
Babcock University Journal of History and International Studies (BUJOHIS)
International Arbitration and Investment Law
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Promoting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities in the Legal Framework, 2020-2023.

Ibekwe Ibekwe
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This paper critically examines the legal framework regulating Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Nigeria, highlighting both the opportunities it offers and the significant challenges that hinder its full potential. While Nigeria possesses abundant natural and human resources and has implemented reforms such as the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 and the One-Stop Investment Centre (OSIC), legal inconsistencies, regulatory overlaps, insecurity, and weak enforcement continue to deter investor

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