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Jaja Wachuku Quotes

1918–1996

Jaja Anucha Wachuku (1 January 1918 – 7 November 1996) was a Nigerian lawyer, politician, diplomat and statesman. He was the first Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria, the first Nigerian and African to serve as President of the United Nations General Assembly, and Nigeria's first Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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"Good and well-meaning Nigerians should make sure that this does not generate into a loss of opportunity of democracy."

"We do not agree with the Soviet Union about the troika proposal. That would not work."

"We, the smaller states, will produce one, and will give him our fullest support. That is how we do things in Africa."

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jaja Wachuku (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.