POL 4301: MILITARY AND POLITICS

DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
BAYERO UNIVERSITY, KANO


POL 4301: MILITARY AND POLITICS

WORKING GROUPS DISCUSSION

Each Seminar is hereby reconstituted to act like a Military formation of “Generals” in Nigeria’s Armed Forces. It is a conference/discussion session to thrash out both in theory and the practical possibilities of the challenges of Nigerian Armed Forces in the current globalization.

The need arises for the following reasons;
a) That the involvement of modern armed forces in peacekeeping operations contains a great danger in survival of national army.
b) Secondly, that the regularity of peace keeping operations demands reform of the military – its size; organizational structure; orientation; command system, discipline and facilities in the army.
c) Thirdly, you are to discuss the conditions and bring some propositions to hasten the formation of neo-modern military (PMM) in Nigeria.
d) You may also examine the idea that in conflicting global system today in order to pursue peace adequately a qualitative armed forces must be formed to minimize militarization in the system.

The procedure is that the last 60 minutes of the period would be used for this exercise.
- each seminar will re-locate in a corner of the classroom
- each would reconstitute into a mock military formation with a Chairman and a Secretary.
- Then the discussion will start and continue for fifteen minutes.
- While the discussion is going on the Chairman and the Secretary would be taking notes.
- After fifteen minutes, another 10 minutes will be given so that each seminar will compile not less than two pages report.
- Any one person from each seminar/formation will come out to present the report.
- This will be followed by questions and comments.


M. M. Yusif
January, 2007