Government 2016 JAMB Past Questions - Question 27: The foreign policy principle that informed Nigerias position in the liberation of African states is

Correct Answer

C

Explanation

The foreign policy principle that informedNigeria's position in the liberation of African states is Nonalignment. TheNon-alignment is the idea or nation of a group of nations namely; Asia,African, Latin American, Caribbean and Europe to be neutral in the cold warbetween the west capitalist and the Eastern socialist powers.REASONS TO SHOW THAT NIGERIA ISA NON-ALIGNED NATIONS.a) Strongly condemned the invasion of Afghanistanby USSR; invasion of panama by USA etc.b) Breaking of diplomatic relation with France in1961 for testing of atomic bomb in the Shara.c) Abrogation of defense pact with Britain in 1962.d) Signing multi and bilateral agreements withcountries of both western and eastern blocs.e) Nigeria's refusal to follow Britain into EEC asan associate member.f) The military support Nigeria got from USSRduring the civil war.g) Nigeria maintains embassies in both western andeastern bloc countries such as Britain, USA, France, USSR, Bulgaria, Poland,etc.h) Importationsof communist literature in Nigeria.i) Nigeria participation in the Moscow Olympic in1980.j) Nigeria's independent foreign policy that is not biased to either thewestern or eastern bloc