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ABSTRACT
In spite of the claim of the Nigerian government from the beginning right up to the very end of the First Republic that its foreign policy was one of nonalignment, there were several factors that disputed this claim.The declaration of Balewa in his Nigerian foreign policy statement that “We shall never forget our old friend” was a clear testimony that Nigeria was still to continue the tutelary, which hitherto had existed with Britain.it further demonstrated that there were contradictions in the theoretical principles of Nigeria’s foreign policy which proclaimed a position of neutrality and non-alignment in her relationship with the Eastern and Western power blocs during the Cold War. It could also be taken to signify the proof that Balewa and his aides had no good understanding of the workings of the international system as a forum where there is no permanent friend or permanent enemy but permanent interest.
