Download SEMINAR ON NIGERIA @ 50 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: AMB BUBA

SEMINAR ON NIGERIA @ 50
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: AMB BUBA MARWA (OFR)
HIGH COMMISSIONER OF THE FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA TO THE REPUBLIC OF
SOUTH AFRICA
AT HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTRE,
PRETORIA
ON TUESDAY, 12TH OCTOBER 2010
TOPIC
NIGERIA AT 50: CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS
GLOBAL PEACE AND SECURITY
INTRODUCTION
BRIEF HISTORY
• NIGERIA CAME INTO BEING AFTER AMALGAMATION IN 1914
• THREE FULL-FLEDGED REGIONS WERE CREATED ON THE
BASIS OF 1954 CONSTITUTION LEADING TO FEDERAL
ELECTIONS IN 1959
• NIGERIA GAINED POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN
ON 1ST OCTOBER 1960 AND BECAME A REPUBLIC IN 1963
• MID-WEST WAS CREATED AS THE FOURTH REGION IN
1964
MAP OF NIGERIA SHOWING THE 36 STATES
BASIC DATA ON NIGERIA
• LAND AREA – 923,768 SQ KM
• POPULATION – 151 MILLION (WORLD BANK, 2009)
• CAPITAL CITY – ABUJA
• OTHER DETAILS – WORLD’S EIGHTH LARGEST EXPORTER OF OIL,
CONTRIBUTES 50 % OF REGIONAL GDP, SECOND BIGGEST ECONOMY IN
AFRICA
FOREIGN POLICY
NIGERIA BECAME 99TH
MEMBER OF THE UN ON
7TH OCTOBER 1960
LATE DR NNAMDI AZIKIWE
NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES
• PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF THE NATIONAL INTEREST
• PROMOTION OF AFRICAN INTEGRATION AND SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN UNITY
• PROMOTION OF INT COOP FOR THE CONSOLIDATION OF UNIVERSAL PEACE &
MUTUAL RESPECT AMONG NATIONS AND ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION IN
ALL RAMIFICATIONS
• RESPECT FOR INT LAW AND TREATY OBLIGATIONS INCLUDING SEEKING OF
SETTLEMENT OF INT DISPUTES BY NEGOTIATION, MEDIATION,
CONCILIATION, ARBITRATION AND ADJUDICATION
• PROMOTION OF A JUST WORLD ECONOMIC ORDER
MEMBERSHIP OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
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UN AND ITS SPECIAL & RELATED AGENCIES
OPEC
ECOWAS
AU
OATUU
THE COMMONWEALTH
NAM
DECOLONISING AFRICA
LATE ALHAJI TAFAWA BALEWA
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTIONS AGAINST RACIAL
DISCRIMINATION
• SUBSTIANTIAL FINANCIAL DONATIONS UNDER BALEWA
• INCREASED CONTRIBUTION TO OAU LIBERATION FUND BY GOWON
• INTRODUCTION OF VARIOUS MANPOWER TRAINING PROGRAMMES IN NIGERIA
FOR PEOPLE FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA BY MURTALA/OBASANJO
• RECOGNITION OF MPLA GOVERNMENT IN ANGOLA AND DONATION OF $100M
• LAUNCH OF SOUTHERN AFRICA RELIEF FUND (SARF) AND GRANTING OF
SCHOLARSHIPS TO SA STUDENTS IN NIGERIAN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS
• INCREASED SUPPORT TO SWAPO IN NAMIBIA
• DONATION OF $1.01B TOWARDS NAMIBIA’S INDEPENDENCE
NIGERIA AND SOUTH AFRICA
ACTIONS AGAINST APARTHEID
• ISSUE OF DIALOGUE WITH APARTHEID REGIME WAS DEBATED AND DEFEATED
• NIGERIA CHAIRED UN SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID FOR 30
YEARS
• NIGERIA SPEARHEADED THE UN RESOLUTION WHICH DECLARED TRANSKEI
INDEPENDENCE INVALID
• NIGERIA LED AFRICAN PROREST AGAINST SALE OF 7 WASP HELICOPTERS TO
SA
• NIGERIA MOUNTED MEDIA CAMPAIGN WHICH PUBLICISED THE EVILS OF
APARTHEID
• THE OBASANJO ADMINISTRATION HOSTED 2 CONFERENCES ON APARTHEID
• FOREIGN CONTRACTORS WITH LINKS TO SA WERE DENIED TENDERS
NIGERIA’S GLOBAL PEACE KEEPING
CREDENTIALS
PEACE KEEPING IN AFRICA
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ONUC (CONGO) 1960
TANZANIA 1964
CHAD 1979 & 1982
ECOMOG (LIBERIA) 1990
UNOMIL (LIBERIA) 1993
ECOMOG (SIERRA LEONE) 1998
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
OTHERS – RWANDA, SUDAN, UNAVEM, UNTAG, UNOMUZ, MINURSO &
UNASOG
PEACE KEEPING OUTSIDE AFRICA
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UNIPOM (1965-66)
UNSF (1962-63
UNIFIL (1978-83)
UNIIMOG (1988-91)
UNIICOM (1991-93)
UNTAC (1992-93)
UNPROFOR (1992-96)
CONCLUSION
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