iarjbmIARJBMIARJBM2708-514710.47310/iarjbm.2023.v04i01.013Impact of Public Debt and Export on the Performance of the Nigerian EconomyAbelOkontaBernhardIshioroEconomics Department, Delta State University, Abraka, NigeriaThere have been a steady rise in Nigeria debt profile which has been greeted with dwindling export earnings due and an ever increasing debt servicing obligations it is based on this, the study examined the impact of public debt and export on the performance of the Nigerian economy from 1985 to 2020 by employing Autoregressive Distributed Lag as well as the Error Correction Model (ECM) techniques. The ARDL Bounds Test results confirmed that there is a long-run equilibrium relationship among the variables. The results of the Error Correction Mechanism (ECM) showed that domestic debt and export have a significant impact on economic performance in Nigeria through the existence of stable long-term equilibrium relationship among the variables employed in the model. Therefore, this study recommends that government fiscal policies should aim at funding critical infrastructural facilities and capital projects. This will ensure that the ratio of capital expenditure to fiscal deficit increases to sustainable level.