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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 • • • • • • • 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 • • • • • • • • 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 • • • • • • • UNIPOM (1965-66) UNSF (1962-63 UNIFIL (1978-83) UNIIMOG (1988-91) UNIICOM (1991-93) UNTAC (1992-93) UNPROFOR (1992-96) CONCLUSION THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!