Nigeria's Foreign Policy - Jamb Government Past Questions and Answers

Question 16:

• JAMB 1994

Which of the following reasons best explains why Nigeria during the first republic, could not pursue an independent foreign policy?

A. The numerous differences among the ethnic groups
B. Lack of political ideology
C. Nigeria was a non-aligned country
D. Nigeria's economy was dependent on the Western countries

Question 17:

• JAMB 1995

The country whose interest conflicted with those of Nigeria over Angola in 1975 was

A. USSR
B. USA
C. FRANCE
D. CUBA

Question 18:

• JAMB 1997

Nigeria's major export commodities in the early years of her independence were

A. Cocoa, groundnut and ginger
B. Cocoa , rubber and benniseed
C. Cocoa, palm oil and groundnut
D. Rubber, kolanut and cotton

Question 19:

• JAMB 1997

The foreign affairs minister who introduced economic diplomacy as a foreign policy initiative was

A. Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi
B. Major - General Ike Nwachukwu
C. Prof Ibrahim Gambari
D. Major -General Joseph Garba

Question 20:

• JAMB 1997

Non - alignment is no longer relevant in Nigerian foreign policy because

A. She is seen as the leader of Africa
B. Her focus is now on Africa
C. Of the formation of the ECOWAS
D. The cold war has ended