NIGERIA A TALE OF MANY ETHNICITIES

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NIGERIAA TALE OF MANY ETHNICITIES

• AMANDA BRUNT
• ANDI DEMA
• LONG VU

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DEMOGRAPHICS

• Population 137,253,133
• Note estimates account for AIDS and higher
  infant death rate and lower population growth
  rates
• Africas most populous country
• 9th most populous country in the world

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LIFE EXPECTANCY AND HIV/AIDS

• Life expectancy at birth 50.49 years
• 2.9 of the population is over 65 yrs. Old
• Infant Mortality Rate
• 70.49 deaths/1,000 live births
• Living with HIV/AIDS
• 5.4 of adults
• 3.6 million (out of 137 million Nigerians)
• HIV/AIDS - deaths
• 310,000 (2003 est.)

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SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

• Literacy rate (Age 15 and over who can read and
  write)
• total population 68 male 75.7 female
  60.6 (2003 est.)
• Urbanization rate is below 25.
• Population comprises 20 of all West Africa

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ETHNICITIES

• The predominantly Catholic Igbo are the largest
  ethnic group in the southeast.
• English is the lingua franca, but many tribal
  languages exist and most Nigerians are
  multi-lingual.
• There are 521 listed Nigerian languages.
• Most widely used Nigerian languages
• Hausa, Yoruba, and Igbo

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MAP OF NIGERIAS ETHNIC GROUPS
http//www.nigerianembassy.co.il/
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ETHNICITIES

• Nigerias population consists of about 300 ethnic
  groups.
• Major Ethnic groups (total 65 of pop.)
• North Hausa-Fulani
• Southwest Yoruba
• Southeast Igbo

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NIGERIA IN DECLINE

• Nigeria was once perceived as Sub-Saharan
  Africas economic giant. As Africas most
  populous state, Nigeria was expected to assume
  the mantle of political leadership and steer the
  region toward economic prosperity. Unfortunately,
  Nigeriais now mired in political turmoil,
  ethno-regionalism, and economic mismanagement.
• World Regional Geography, by David Clawson et al

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NIGERIA IN DECLINE

• Now categorized as a low-income country with poor
  human-development capabilities
• Causes of decline
• geopolitics of oil
• deep-seated ethnic divisions
• the excess of military rule, greed, corruption,
  and mismanagement.

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DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH

• GDP per capita (adjusted PPP) 900
• 60 live below the poverty line
• Consumer inflation rate 13.8

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ECONOMICS

• Import vs. export ratio
• Import 27.604 million
• Export 58.876 million
• Ratio 0.47 value imported per 1 value exported
• Nigerias main trading partners
• Exports go to US (54), Brazil (10.4), Spain
  (8.3), France (3.2)
• Imports come from China (10.5), US (7.4), UK
  (6.9), Netherlands (6.2)

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LAND

• arable land 33.02permanent crops 3.14other
  63.84 (2005)
• Irrigated land 2,820 km2 of a total 923,768 km2
• Nigeria is about twice the size of California.

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OIL IN NIGERIA

• Too dependant on oil
• 20 of GDP
• 95 of foreign exchange earnings
• 65 of government budgetary revenue
• Of its commodity exports, 95 is petroleum and
  petroleum products.
• The current administration claims to be lowering
  dependence on oil. Most current politicians,
  however, depend on oil funds for election.
• In 2004, it was estimated that Nigeria exported
  58 of the natural gas it produced.

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GOVERNMENT

• Nigerian military has dominated the countrys
  politics for decades following its independence
  in 1960.
• Its history contains a series of trade-offs
  between military and civilian rule
• Current government has a democratic rhetoric,
  but all elected presidents were former military
  officers
• Most recent elections categorized by violence and
  corruption

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CURRENT PRESIDENT

• lusegun Obasanjo, former military general

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