Nigeria’s Defence Policy in the Fourth Republic: a CriticalAnalysis

A. M. Katsina

08036168944, amkatsina@hotmail.com,http://aliyu.wordpress.com

(NDA/PGS/FASS/M/088/06)

BEINGTEXT OF A THESISSUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE ANDDEFENCE STUDIES, FACULTY OF ARTS & SOCIAL SCIENCES, AS PART OF THENECESSARY REQUIREMENTSFOR THE AWARD OF Msc. (DEGREE) DEFENCE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

Under the Supervision of:

D. O. Alabi, Ph.D. [1

Reader]E. B. Mijah, Ph.D. [2

Reader]Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna2008

Dedication

To my PARENTS for believing in me against all odds and in spite of my weaknesses;To my WIFE for tolerating my offensive habit of studies first;To my SISTERS for, I hope, trying to be better than me;To those countless souls that perish in trying to PROTECT and PROMOTE NIGERIA’S INTEREST;To those who nurture the NIGERIAN DREAM and truly desire to SERVE NIGERIA SELFLESSLY;And to NIGERIA, which truly needs deliverance from the perfidy of her children.

Declaration

I, Aliyu Mukhtar Katsina (

NDA/PGS/FASS/M/088/06

), do truthfully and knowingly declare that thisthesis is the product of an independent, original and painstaking research carried by me under theguidance of the assigned supervisors. Efforts are made to acknowledge the sources of the works of other persons used in compiling this thesis report. Where however inadvertently omission is made toacknowledge any particular source, the oversight is seriously regretted.A. M. Katsina,Katsina, 2008

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