General Sani Abacha Foreign Policy 1993 – 1998

CHAPTER ONE BACKGROUND TO NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY SINCE 1960     Nigeria became an independent Nation in October, 1st  1960 and by virtue of her sovereign state, was entitled to enter into relations with the other actors in world politics.     The speech of the Prime Minister Tafawa Balewa at independence on October 1st 1960, seemed to indicate that Nigeria was properly focused and her mind-set firmly directed at the goal of her foreign policy, He declared; I have confidence that, based on the happy experience of a successful partnership our future relations…