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'''Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi''' (born 4 January 1942) is a Nigerian professor of political science<ref name=shaw190>{{cite book|last=Shaw|first=Timothy M.|author2=Julius Omozuanvbo Ihonvbere|title=Illusions of Power: Nigeria in Transition|publisher=[[Africa World Press]]|page=190|isbn=0-86543-642-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/illusionsofpower00ihon}}</ref> who was his country's [[Foreign Minister of Nigeria|External Affairs Minister]] from 1985<ref name=td>{{cite news|first=Dokun|last=Oloyede|title=Bolaji Akinyemi, the Seagull, at 60|url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/01/06/20020106tri01.html|work=[[Thisday]] online|publisher=Leaders & Company|date=6 January 2002|accessdate=27 October 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208041700/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/01/06/20020106tri01.html|archivedate=8 December 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> to late 1987.<ref>Shaw, 127.</ref> He is chairman of the [[National Think Tank]].<ref>{{cite news|title=National Think Tank pledges support for Omehia|url=http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=10/10/2007&qrTitle=National%20Think%20Tank%20pledges%20support%20for%20Omehia&qrColumn=FRONT%20PAGE|work=The Tide Online|publisher=Rivers State Newspaper Corporation |date=10 October 2007 |accessdate=27 October 2007 }}</ref>
'''Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi''' (born 4 January 1942) is a Nigerian professor of political science who was Nigeria [[Foreign Minister of Nigeria|External Affairs Minister]] from 1985 to late 1987.<ref name=shaw190>{{cite book|last=Shaw|first=Timothy M.|author2=Julius Omozuanvbo Ihonvbere|title=Illusions of Power: Nigeria in Transition|year=1998|publisher=[[Africa World Press]]|page=[https://archive.org/details/illusionsofpower00ihon/page/190 190]|isbn=0-86543-642-8|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/illusionsofpower00ihon/page/190}}</ref><ref name=td>{{cite news|first=Dokun|last=Oloyede|title=Bolaji Akinyemi, the Seagull, at 60|url=http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/01/06/20020106tri01.html|work=[[Thisday]] online|publisher=Leaders & Company|date=6 January 2002|accessdate=27 October 2007|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071208041700/http://www.thisdayonline.com/archive/2002/01/06/20020106tri01.html|archivedate=8 December 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>Shaw, 127.</ref> He is the chairman of the National Think Tank.<ref>{{cite news|title=National Think Tank pledges support for Omehia|url=http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=10/10/2007&qrTitle=National%20Think%20Tank%20pledges%20support%20for%20Omehia&qrColumn=FRONT%20PAGE|work=The Tide Online|publisher=Rivers State Newspaper Corporation|date=10 October 2007|accessdate=27 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717043020/http://www.thetidenews.com/article.aspx?qrDate=10%2F10%2F2007&qrTitle=National%20Think%20Tank%20pledges%20support%20for%20Omehia&qrColumn=FRONT%20PAGE|archive-date=17 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Early life, academic career, and personal life==
== Early life and education ==
Akinyemi was born in [[Ilesa]], in what is now [[Osun State]]. He attended [[Igbobi College]] in Yaba from 1955 until 1959, [[Christ's School Ado Ekiti]] from 1960 to 1961, [[Temple University]], [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, United States, from 1962 to 1964, [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]], [[Tufts University]], [[Medford, Massachusetts|Medford]], Massachusetts, US, 1964 to 1966, and [[Trinity College, Oxford]], England, from 1966 until 1969.<ref name=td/>
Akinyemi was born in [[Ilesa]], in what is now [[Osun State]]. He attended [[Igbobi College]] in Yaba from 1955 until 1959, [[Christ's School Ado Ekiti]] from 1960 to 1961, [[Temple University]], [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]], United States, from 1962 to 1964, [[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]], [[Tufts University]], [[Medford, Massachusetts|Medford]], Massachusetts, US, 1964 to 1966, and [[Trinity College, Oxford]], England, from 1966 until 1969.<ref name=td/>


He was a visiting professor at the [[Graduate Institute of International Studies]] in Geneva and at the Diplomacy Training Programme, [[University of Nairobi]], [[Kenya]], both in 1977. He was Regents Lecturer at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], US in 1979, Professor of Political Science at the [[University of Lagos]], from 1983 until 1985, and Visiting Fellow, [[St John's College, Cambridge]], England in 1984.<ref name=td/>
He was a visiting professor at the [[Graduate Institute of International Studies]] in Geneva and at the Diplomacy Training Programme, [[University of Nairobi]], [[Kenya]], both in 1977. He was Regents Lecturer at the [[University of California, Los Angeles]], US, in 1979, professor of political science at the [[University of Lagos]], from 1983 until 1985, and visiting fellow, [[St John's College, Cambridge]], England in 1984.<ref name=td/>


Akinyemi was Director-General of the [[Nigerian Institute of International Affairs]] (NIIA) from 1975 until 1983.<ref name=td/> The NIAA is an organisation focusing on Nigerian foreign policy; while he was Director-General, it was involved in promoting Nigerian-Angolan relations, among other things.<ref>{{cite book|last=Inamete |first=Ufot Bassey|title=Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Nigeria|year=2001|publisher=[[Susquehanna University Press]]|page=94|isbn=1-57591-048-9}}</ref>
Akinyemi was director-general of the [[Nigerian Institute of International Affairs]] (NIIA) from 1975 until 1983.<ref name=td/> The NIIA is an organisation focusing on Nigerian foreign policy; while he was director-general, it was involved in promoting Nigerian-Angolan relations, among other things.<ref>{{cite book|last=Inamete |first=Ufot Bassey|title=Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Nigeria|year=2001|publisher=[[Susquehanna University Press]]|page=94|isbn=1-57591-048-9}}</ref> He has written and edited so many books and journals.


==Term as external affairs minister==
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He married Rowena Jane Viney in 1970. They have one son and three daughters.<ref name=td/>
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Akinyemi was appointed Minister of External Affairs by military leader [[Ibrahim Babangida]] in 1985. While in this position, he originated the Technical Aid Corps (TAC), a program which sent Nigerian professionals overseas to engage in volunteer work. It was designed to "promote the country's image and status as a major contributor to [[Third World]] and particularly African development".<ref>{{cite book|last=Abegunrin|first=Olayiwola|title=Nigerian Foreign Policy Under Military Rule, 1966–1999|year=2003|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|chapter=The Second Phase of Military Rule, 1983–1999|isbn=0-275-97881-8}}</ref> He also came up with the concept of the "Concert of Medium Powers".<ref name=td/>


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In his position as Minister of External Affairs, Akinyemi headed numerous Nigerian delegations. Among the delegations he headed were his country's delegations to the [[United Nations General Assembly]] Session (1985), the [[Organisation of African Unity]], Council of Ministers Session (1986), the [[Non-Aligned Movement|Non–Aligned]] [[Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference|Foreign Ministers Conference]] (1986), the [[United Nations General Assembly]] Annual Session (1986), the United Nations General Assembly [[United Nations General Assembly#Special sessions|Special Session]] on the Critical Economic Situation in Africa (1986), the Budget Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity (1987), the Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity (1987), the United Nations General Assembly Session (1987), and to the Extra–Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity devoted to African debt (1987).<ref name=profile>{{cite web|url=http://www.profbolajiakinyemi.com/profile.html|title=Professor Bolaji Akinyemi's Profile|accessdate=28 October 2007|publisher=Bolaji Akinyemi & Associates|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208130141/http://www.profbolajiakinyemi.com/profile.html|archivedate=8 February 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
==Term as External Affairs Minister==
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Akinyemi was appointed Minister of External Affairs by military leader [[Ibrahim Babangida]] in 1985. While in this position, he originated the [[Technical Aid Corps]] (TAC), a program which sent Nigerian professionals overseas to engage in volunteer work. It was designed to "promote the country's image and status as a major contributor to Third World and particularly African development".<ref>{{cite book|last=Abegunrin|first=Olayiwola|title=Nigerian Foreign Policy Under Military Rule, 1966–1999|year=2003|publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]]|chapter=The Second Phase of Military Rule, 1983–1999|isbn=0-275-97881-8}}</ref> He also came up with the concept of the "[[Concert of Medium Powers]]".<ref name=td/>


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In 1987, Akinyemi stated his support for Nigeria developing [[nuclear weapon]]s.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |first= James|last=Brooke|title=Nigeria Trying to Start Over Amid Recession and Turmoil|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/23/world/nigeria-trying-to-start-over-amid-recession-and-turmoil.html?pagewanted=3|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=23 November 1987|accessdate=27 October 2007}}</ref> He referred to the proposal as the "black bomb," and said that "Nigeria has a sacred responsibility to challenge the racial monopoly of nuclear weapons."<ref name=nyt/>
⚫
In his position as Minister of External Affairs, Akinyemi headed numerous Nigerian delegations. Among the delegations he headed were his country's delegations to the [[United Nations General Assembly]] Session (1985), the [[Organisation of African Unity]], Council of Ministers Session (1986), the [[Non-Aligned Movement|Non–Aligned]] [[Non-Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference|Foreign Ministers Conference]] (1986), the United Nations General Assembly Annual Session (1986), the United Nations General Assembly [[United Nations General Assembly#Special sessions|Special Session]] on the Critical Economic Situation in Africa (1986), the Budget Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity (1987), the Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity (1987), the United Nations General Assembly Session (1987), and to the Extra–Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity devoted to African debt (1987).<ref name=profile>{{cite web|url=http://www.profbolajiakinyemi.com/profile.html|title=Professor Bolaji Akinyemi's Profile|accessdate=28 October 2007|publisher=Bolaji Akinyemi & Associates|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208130141/http://www.profbolajiakinyemi.com/profile.html|archivedate=8 February 2008|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

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In 1987, Akinyemi stated his support for Nigeria developing [[nuclear weapon]]s.<ref name=nyt>{{cite news |first= James|last=Brooke|title=Nigeria Trying to Start Over Amid Recession and Turmoil|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/11/23/world/nigeria-trying-to-start-over-amid-recession-and-turmoil.html?pagewanted=3|work=[[The New York Times]]|publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|date=23 November 1987|accessdate=27 October 2007}}</ref> He referred to the proposal as the "black bomb," and said that "Nigeria has a sacred responsibility to challenge the racial monopoly of nuclear weapons."<ref name=nyt/>


==Later life==
==Later life==
During the short-lived [[Nigerian Third Republic|Third Republic]] of 1993, he called on the military to overthrow [[Ernest Shonekan]]'s administration;<ref name=shaw190/><ref>{{cite book|last=Okafor|first=Obiora Chinedu|title=Legitimizing Human Rights NGOs: Lessons from Nigeria|year=2005|publisher=[[Africa World Press]] |isbn=1-59221-286-7}}</ref> [[Sani Abacha]], Defense Minister at the time, later did so, and assumed the position of head of state. Akinyemi was later among those who opposed Abacha's regime.<ref name=td/>
During the short-lived [[Nigerian Third Republic|Third Republic]] of 1993, he called on the military to overthrow [[Ernest Shonekan]]'s administration;<ref name=shaw190/><ref>{{cite book|last=Okafor|first=Obiora Chinedu|title=Legitimizing Human Rights NGOs: Lessons from Nigeria|year=2005|publisher=[[Africa World Press]] |isbn=1-59221-286-7}}</ref> [[Sani Abacha]], Defense Minister at the time, later did so, and assumed the position of head of state. Akinyemi was later among those who opposed Abacha's regime.<ref name=td/>


In August 2007, President [[Umaru Yar'Adua]] appointed him to the newly created [[Electoral Reform Panel]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Uwais, Akinyemi, Agbakoba to Reform Electoral Process|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200708230350.html|work=[[Thisday]]|publisher=[[allAfrica.com|AllAfrica Global Media]]|date=23 August 2007|accessdate=27 October 2007 }}</ref>
In August 2007, President [[Umaru Yar'Adua]] appointed him to the newly created Electoral Reform Panel.<ref>{{cite news|title=Uwais, Akinyemi, Agbakoba to Reform Electoral Process|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200708230350.html|work=[[Thisday]]|publisher=[[allAfrica.com|AllAfrica Global Media]]|date=23 August 2007|accessdate=27 October 2007 }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
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He married Rowena Jane Viney in 1970. They have one son and three daughters.<ref name="td" />


==References==
==References==
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Bolaji Akinyemi
External Affairs Minister of Nigeria
In office
1985–1987
PresidentIbrahim Babangida
Preceded byIbrahim Gambari
Succeeded byIke Nwachukwu
Personal details
Born (1942-01-04) 4 January 1942 (age 83)
Ilesa, Osun State
NationalityNigerian
SpouseRowena Akinyemi
ChildrenAtinuke Akinyemi, Tosin Akinyemi, Tolu Akinyemi, Benjamin Akinyemi
ProfessionProfessor of political science
Websitewww.profbolajiakinyemi.com

Akinwande Bolaji Akinyemi (born 4 January 1942) is a Nigerian professor of political science who was Nigeria External Affairs Minister from 1985 to late 1987.[1][2][3] He is the chairman of the National Think Tank.[4]

Early life and education

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Akinyemi was born in Ilesa, in what is now Osun State. He attended Igbobi College in Yaba from 1955 until 1959, Christ's School Ado Ekiti from 1960 to 1961, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, from 1962 to 1964, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, US, 1964 to 1966, and Trinity College, Oxford, England, from 1966 until 1969.[2]

He was a visiting professor at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and at the Diplomacy Training Programme, University of Nairobi, Kenya, both in 1977. He was Regents Lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, US, in 1979, professor of political science at the University of Lagos, from 1983 until 1985, and visiting fellow, St John's College, Cambridge, England in 1984.[2]

Akinyemi was director-general of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) from 1975 until 1983.[2] The NIIA is an organisation focusing on Nigerian foreign policy; while he was director-general, it was involved in promoting Nigerian-Angolan relations, among other things.[5] He has written and edited so many books and journals.

Term as external affairs minister

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Akinyemi was appointed Minister of External Affairs by military leader Ibrahim Babangida in 1985. While in this position, he originated the Technical Aid Corps (TAC), a program which sent Nigerian professionals overseas to engage in volunteer work. It was designed to "promote the country's image and status as a major contributor to Third World and particularly African development".[6] He also came up with the concept of the "Concert of Medium Powers".[2]

In his position as Minister of External Affairs, Akinyemi headed numerous Nigerian delegations. Among the delegations he headed were his country's delegations to the United Nations General Assembly Session (1985), the Organisation of African Unity, Council of Ministers Session (1986), the Non–Aligned Foreign Ministers Conference (1986), the United Nations General Assembly Annual Session (1986), the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the Critical Economic Situation in Africa (1986), the Budget Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity (1987), the Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity (1987), the United Nations General Assembly Session (1987), and to the Extra–Ordinary Session of the Council of Ministers of the Organisation of African Unity devoted to African debt (1987).[7]

In 1987, Akinyemi stated his support for Nigeria developing nuclear weapons.[8] He referred to the proposal as the "black bomb," and said that "Nigeria has a sacred responsibility to challenge the racial monopoly of nuclear weapons."[8]

Later life

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During the short-lived Third Republic of 1993, he called on the military to overthrow Ernest Shonekan's administration;[1][9] Sani Abacha, Defense Minister at the time, later did so, and assumed the position of head of state. Akinyemi was later among those who opposed Abacha's regime.[2]

In August 2007, President Umaru Yar'Adua appointed him to the newly created Electoral Reform Panel.[10]

Personal life

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He married Rowena Jane Viney in 1970. They have one son and three daughters.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Shaw, Timothy M.; Julius Omozuanvbo Ihonvbere (1998). Illusions of Power: Nigeria in Transition. Africa World Press. p. 190. ISBN 0-86543-642-8.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Oloyede, Dokun (6 January 2002). "Bolaji Akinyemi, the Seagull, at 60". Thisday online. Leaders & Company. Archived from the original on 8 December 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
  3. ^ Shaw, 127.
  4. ^ "National Think Tank pledges support for Omehia". The Tide Online. Rivers State Newspaper Corporation. 10 October 2007. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
  5. ^ Inamete, Ufot Bassey (2001). Foreign Policy Decision-Making in Nigeria. Susquehanna University Press. p. 94. ISBN 1-57591-048-9.
  6. ^ Abegunrin, Olayiwola (2003). "The Second Phase of Military Rule, 1983–1999". Nigerian Foreign Policy Under Military Rule, 1966–1999. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-275-97881-8.
  7. ^ "Professor Bolaji Akinyemi's Profile". Bolaji Akinyemi & Associates. Archived from the original on 8 February 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
  8. ^ a b Brooke, James (23 November 1987). "Nigeria Trying to Start Over Amid Recession and Turmoil". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
  9. ^ Okafor, Obiora Chinedu (2005). Legitimizing Human Rights NGOs: Lessons from Nigeria. Africa World Press. ISBN 1-59221-286-7.
  10. ^ "Uwais, Akinyemi, Agbakoba to Reform Electoral Process". Thisday. AllAfrica Global Media. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2007.
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Political offices
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1985–1987 		Succeeded by
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