NIGERIA AND THE UN SEAT; A DISCUSSION OF OBSTACLES TO NIGERIA’S AMBITION

George I.J. Obuoforibo

Department of Political and Administrative Studies

University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt

ABSTRACT

The demand for the reform of the United Nations is due to the evolving international system. The international system has gone through such a rapid transformation to the extent that the UN structures as they were at the time of its establishment is making the UN not to function effectively as expected by majority of its membership. Hence, the argument that the Security Council membership be expended to include major financial contributors and the equitable representation of the regional spread. There is every indication that Nigeria has all it takes to represent Africa in an enlarged Security Council. But considering the vagaries associated with international politics a lot still need to be done by Nigeria to garner overwhelming support from Africa to enable her emerge as a consensus candidate for Africa.