UNIPORT JOURNAL OF BUSINESS, ACCOUNTING & FINANCE MANAGEMENT

ECONOMIC GLOBALIZATION AND PERFORMANCE OF THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR IN NIGERIA

IBEINMO FRIDAY COOKEY, VICTOR AKIDI, KIIKPOYE OBUDU
June 12, 2025

Abstract

This study determines the effect of economic globalization fundamentals on
Nigeria’s manufacturing sector performance. Manufacturing sector’s
healthiness is indicated as manufacturing sector gross domestic product,
with economic globalization captured as trade openness, foreign direct
investment, official development assistance and foreign exchange rate. The
study is analyzed using time series data of 1985 to 2023, sourced from the
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statistical Bulletin and World Development
Indicator of World Bank. The Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL)
procedure for model estimation was utilized, and the outcomes showed that
trade openness, foreign direct investment and official development
assistance exerted favorable and substantial effects on manufacturing
sector gross domestic product in Nigeria while foreign exchange rate
exhibited negatively significant effect. Thus, necessitating the conclusion
that economic globalization is key for enhancing manufacturing sector’s
performance in Nigeria. Hence, suggesting among others that government
and policy makers in the country should formulate and implement policies
that strengthens favourable openness, ease the business environment for
real foreign investments inflow with development assistance for creating
domestic production drivers, as these actions will promote investments and
prop up production in the manufacturing sector.

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