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JAMB Government 2001 Question 47

Question 47

Nigeria's Foreign Policy

Nigeria's withdrawal from the Edinburgh Commonwealth Games in July 1986 was in protest against British

  1. A.support for UNITA rebels in Angola
  2. B.supply of arms to Rhodesia
  3. C.failure to impose sanctions on South Africa
  4. D.negative utterances on Nigeria
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Answer: C (failure to impose sanctions on South Africa)

Explanation

Nigeria led a boycott of the 1986 Commonwealth Games because Margaret Thatcher's government refused to impose economic sanctions on apartheid South Africa.