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A Critical Appraisal of Nigeria’s Foreign Policy, 1960-1986

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Abstract

T h i s e s s a y is d i v i d e d i n t o t h r e e p a r t s . The first p a r t shows
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t h a t t h e .dominance o f o u r n a t i o n a l eeanorry by fcrreipn monopolies
because of t h s i n c a p d c i t y o f t h e r u l i n g c l a s s on winning f l a g
independence t o move t h e n a t i o n from o n ~ o - c o l o n y tr a f u l l y
l i b e r a t e d state, makes it i m p o s s i b l e f o r us to halve a v i a b l e
f o r e i g n p o l l c y .