Evaluation of the Role of Nigeria in the Gulf of Guinea Commission

The main thrust of this study is the investigation of Nigeria’s role in the Gulf of Guinea Commission and its implications on regional security and cooperation in Africa. As a result, it assesses issues with maritime, environmental, security, and mineral resources. The Gulf of Guinea Commission, a sub-regional effort to solve these concerns, is experiencing growing pains, including power struggles. The purpose of this study was to determine Nigeria's roles in the Gulf of Guinea Commission and, by extension, the Gulf of Guinea. It used a qualitative design, purposive sampling, observation, and interview methodologies to do so. The primary and secondary data collected were submitted to thematic and content analysis using a neo-functionalist methodology. Systematically studied were pertinent articles and works on the Gulf of Guinea, the Gulf of Guinea Commission, ECCAS, ECOWAS, global oil politics, oil wars, maritime security, and regional cooperation. The lack of data, the difficulty in locating important Gulf of Guinea Commission for Interview participants, and the classified nature of some data are the study's main obstacles. According to the research, Nigeria is crucial to maintaining the advances made in the Gulf of Guinea Commission through improved leadership skills, budgetary support, and supporting activities (ECCAS, GoGIN, ICC, MOWCA, SPOMO, etc). It also showed that the Gulf of Guinea Commission is a real platform for avoiding the Gulf of Guinea from becoming "another Persian Gulf." It was suggested, among other things, that the Gulf of Guinea Commission be strengthened through measures to promote confidence in order to support other projects like GoGIN, MOWCA, and ESF to realign with GGC.