Cultural Diplomacy in Nigeria: Analysis of th British Council, 1943 - 2003
| dc.contributor.author | Olawoyin, O.T. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-01T11:11:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-02-01T11:11:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description | Scholarly article | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines the change in civil attitude towards military intervention in Nigeria between J 966 and 1999. Military intervention in Nigerian politics was popular at first. This popularity was based on the expectation that the military would correct the socio-political ills that the civilians of the First Republic had created It was then hoped that within a short space of time, the military would move society forward It turned out that his did not happen. As the military grappled for direction, civil attitude to the military first became indifferent. The populace increasingly lost its patience with military rule towards the end of the Babangida regime in the early 1990s through the Abacha dictatorship from 1993-1998 as their expectations failed to materialize. As military rule failed. military intervention was perceived an end in itself and an opportunity for military adventurists to seize power for personal gains. Through the content analysis of secondary materials and other related sources, this work found that by the end of the J 990s civil attitude to military intervention in politics changed to hostility. The implication of this change in civil altitude to military intervention for democratic rule in Nigeria is that no matter the challenges faced in the country under civilian rule the military is not expected to seize power. They are expected to remain within their constitutional roles of protecting the state, while politicians work out the solutions to whatever problems the country faces. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Olawoyin, O.T. (2017). Cultural Diplomacy in Nigeria: Analysis of th British Council, 1943 - 2003. Lagos Historical Review: A Journal of the Department of the Department of History and Strategic Studies, University of Lagos, 18p. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1596-5031 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/10874 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Department of History & Strategic Studies, University of Lagos | en_US |
| dc.subject | Military intervention | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nigerian politics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Democratic rule | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nigeria | en_US |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::HUMANITIES and RELIGION::History and philosophy subjects | en_US |
| dc.title | Cultural Diplomacy in Nigeria: Analysis of th British Council, 1943 - 2003 | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |