Aminet 6/Aminet 6 - June 1995.iso/Aminet/docs/misc/wfbook93_texi.lha/texi/177.data

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@node Geography (Nigeria)
@section Geography (Nigeria)

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Location:
  Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean between Benin and
  Cameroon
Map references:
  Africa, Standard Time Zones of the World
Area:
 total area:
  923,770 km2
 land area:
  910,770 km2
 comparative area:
  slightly more than twice the size of California
Land boundaries:
  total 4,047 km, Benin 773 km, Cameroon 1,690 km, Chad 87 km, Niger 1,497 km
Coastline:
  853 km
Maritime claims:
 continental shelf:
  200 m depth or to depth of exploitation
 exclusive economic zone:
  200 nm
 territorial sea:
  30 nm
International disputes:
  demarcation of international boundaries in Lake Chad, the lack of which has
  led to border incidents in the past, is completed and awaiting ratification
  by Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria; boundary commission, created with
  Cameroon to discuss unresolved land and maritime boundaries, has not yet
  convened
Climate:
  varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north
Terrain:
  southern lowlands merge into central hills and plateaus; mountains in
  southeast, plains in north
Natural resources:
  petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, natural
  gas
Land use:
 arable land:   31%
 permanent crops:
  3%
 meadows and pastures:
  23%
 forest and woodland:
  15%
 other:
  28%
Irrigated land:
  8,650 km2 (1989 est.)
Environment:
  recent droughts in north severely affecting marginal agricultural
  activities; desertification; soil degradation, rapid deforestation



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@node People (Nigeria)
@section People (Nigeria)

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Population:
  95,060,430 (July 1993 est.)
Population growth rate:
  3.13% (1993 est.)
Birth rate:
  43.8 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Death rate:
  12.85 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Net migration rate:
  0.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
  77.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
 total population:
  54.7 years
 male:
  53.54 years
 female:
  55.88 years (1993 est.)
Total fertility rate:
  6.43 children born/woman (1993 est.)
Nationality:
 noun:
  Nigerian(s)
 adjective:
  Nigerian
Ethnic divisions:
 north:
  Hausa and Fulani
 southwest:
  Yoruba
 southeast:
  Ibos
  non-Africans 27,000
 note:
  Hausa and Fulani, Yoruba, and Ibos together make up 65% of population
Religions:   Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Languages:
  English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Ibo, Fulani
Literacy:
  age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
 total population:
  51%
 male:
  62%
 female:
  40%
Labor force:
  42.844 million
 by occupation:
  agriculture 54%, industry, commerce, and services 19%, government 15%
 note:
  49% of population of working age (1985)



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@node Government (Nigeria)
@section Government (Nigeria)

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Names:
 conventional long form:
  Federal Republic of Nigeria
 conventional short form:
  Nigeria
Digraph:
  NI
Type:
  military government since 31 December 1983; plans to turn over power to
  elected civilians in August 1993
Capital:
  Abuja
 note:
  on 12 December 1991 the capital was officially moved from Lagos to Abuja;
  many government offices remain in Lagos pending completion of facilities in
  Abuja
Administrative divisions:
  30 states and 1 territory*; Abia, Abuja Capital Territory*, Adamawa, Akwa,   Ibom, Anambra,
Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Edo, Enugu, Imo,
  Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Niger, Ogun, Ondo,
  Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe
Independence:
  1 October 1960 (from UK)
Constitution:
  1 October 1979, amended 9 February 1984, revised 1989
Legal system:
  based on English common law, Islamic law, and tribal law
National holiday:
  Independence Day, 1 October (1960)
Political parties and leaders:
  Social Democratic Party (SDP), Alhaji Baba Gana KINGIBE, chairman; National
  Republican Convention (NRC), Chief Tom IKIMI, chairman
 note:
  these are the only two political parties, and they were established by the
  government in 1989
Suffrage:
  21 years of age; universal
Elections:
 President:
  first presidential elections since the 31 December 1983 coup scheduled for
  June 1993
 Senate:
  last held 4 July 1992 (next to be held NA 1996); results - percent of vote
  by party NA; seats - (total 84) SDP 47, NRC 37
 House of Representatives:
  last held 4 July 1992 (next to be held NA 1996); results - percent of vote
  by party NA; seats - (total 577) SDP 310, NRC 267
Executive branch:
  president, vice-president, cabinet
Legislative branch:
  bicameral National Assembly consists of an upper house or Senate and a lower
  house or House of Representatives
Judicial branch:
  Supreme Court, Federal Court of Appeal
Leaders:
 Chief of State and Head of Government:
  President and Commander in Chief of Armed Forces Gen. Ibrahim BABANGIDA
  (since 27 August 1985); Vice-President Admiral (Ret.) Augustus AIKHOMU
  (since 30 August 1990)



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@node Government (Nigeria 2. usage)
@section Government (Nigeria 2. usage)

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Member of:
  ACP, AfDB, C, CCC, ECA, ECOWAS, FAO, G-15, G-19, G-24, G-77, GATT, IAEA,
  IBRD, ICAO, ICC, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMO, IMF, INMARSAT, INTELSAT,
  INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, LORCS, MINURSO, NAM, OAU, OIC, OPEC, PCA, UN,
  UNAVEM, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNPROFOR, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO,
  WMO, WTO
Diplomatic representation in US:
 chief of mission:
  Ambassador Zubair Mahmud KAZAURE
 chancery:
  2201 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20037
 telephone:
  [phone]
 consulate general:
  New York
US diplomatic representation:
 chief of mission:
  Ambassador William L. SWING
 embassy:
  2 Eleke Crescent, Lagos
 mailing address:
  P. O. Box 554, Lagos
 telephone:
  [234] (1) 610097
 FAX:
  [234] (1) 610257  branch office:
  Abuja
 consulate general:
  Kaduna
Flag:
  three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and green



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@node Economy (Nigeria)
@section Economy (Nigeria)

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Overview:
  Although Nigeria is Africa's leading oil-producing country, it remains poor
  with a $300 per capita GDP. In 1991-92 massive government spending, much of
  it to help ensure a smooth transition to civilian rule, ballooned the budget
  deficit and caused inflation and interest rates to rise. The lack of fiscal
  discipline forced the IMF to declare Nigeria not in compliance with an
  18-month standby facility started in January 1991. Lagos has set ambitious
  targets for expanding oil production capacity and is offering foreign
  companies more attractive investment incentives. Government efforts to
  reduce Nigeria's dependence on oil exports and to sustain noninflationary
  growth, however, have fallen short because of inadequate new investment
  funds and endemic corruption. Living standards remain below the level of the
  early 1980s oil boom.
National product:
  GDP - exchange rate conversion - $35 billion (1992 est.)
National product real growth rate:
  3.6% (1992 est.)
National product per capita:
  $300 (1992 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
  60% (1992 est.)
Unemployment rate:
  28% (1992 est.)
Budget:
  revenues $9 billion; expenditures $10.8 billion, including capital
  expenditures of $NA (1992 est.)
Exports:
  $12.7 billion (f.o.b., 1991)
 commodities:
  oil 95%, cocoa, rubber
 partners:
  EC countries 43%, US 41%
Imports:
  $7.8 billion (c.i.f., 1991)
 commodities:
  consumer goods, capital equipment, chemicals, raw materials
 partners:
  EC countries 70%, US 16%
External debt:
  $33.4 billion (1991)
Industrial production:
  growth rate 5.5% (1991); accounts for 8.5% of GDP
Electricity:
  4,740,000 kW capacity; 8,300 million kWh produced, 70 kWh per capita (1991)
Industries:   crude oil and mining - coal, tin, columbite; primary processing industries -
  palm oil, peanut, cotton, rubber, wood, hides and skins; manufacturing
  industries - textiles, cement, building materials, food products, footwear,
  chemical, printing, ceramics, steel
Agriculture:
  accounts for 32% of GDP and half of labor force; inefficient small-scale
  farming dominates; once a large net exporter of food and now an importer;
  cash crops - cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, rubber; food crops - corn, rice,
  sorghum, millet, cassava, yams; livestock - cattle, sheep, goats, pigs;
  fishing and forestry resources extensively exploited



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@node Economy (Nigeria 2. usage)
@section Economy (Nigeria 2. usage)

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Illicit drugs:
  passenger and cargo air hub for West Africa facilitates Nigeria's position
  as a major transit country for heroin en route from Southeast and Southwest
  Asia via Africa to Western Europe and North America; increasingly a transit
  route for cocaine from South America intended for West European and North
  American markets (some of that cocaine is also consumed in Nigeria)
Economic aid:
  US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $705 million; Western (non-US)
  countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $3.0 billion;
  Communist countries (1970-89), $2.2 billion
Currency:
  1 naira (N) = 100 kobo
Exchange rates:
  naira (N) per US$1 - 19.661 (December 1992), 17.298 (1992), 9.909 (1991),
  8.038 (1990), 7.3647 (1989), 4.5370 (1988), 4.0160 (1987)
Fiscal year:
  calendar year



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@node Communications (Nigeria)
@section Communications (Nigeria)

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Railroads:
  3,505 km 1.067-meter gauge
Highways:
  107,990 km total 30,019 km paved (mostly bituminous-surface treatment);
  25,411 km laterite, gravel, crushed stone, improved earth; 52,560 km
  unimproved
Inland waterways:
  8,575 km consisting of Niger and Benue Rivers and smaller rivers and creeks
Pipelines:
  crude oil 2,042 km; natural gas 500 km; petroleum products 3,000 km
Ports:
  Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri, Onne, Sapele
Merchant marine:
  28 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 418,046 GRT/664,949 DWT; includes 17
  cargo, 1 refrigerated cargo, 1 roll-on/roll-off, 7 oil tanker, 1 chemical
  tanker, 1 bulk
Airports:
 total:
  76  usable:
  63
 with permanent-surface runways:
  34
 with runways over 3,659 m:
  1
 with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
  15
 with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
  23
Telecommunications:
  above-average system limited by poor maintenance; major expansion in
  progress; radio relay microwave and cable routes; broadcast stations - 35
  AM, 17 FM, 28 TV; satellite earth stations - 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT, 1
  Indian Ocean INTELSAT, 20 domestic stations; 1 coaxial submarine cable



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@node Defense Forces (Nigeria)
@section Defense Forces (Nigeria)

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Branches:
  Army, Navy, Air Force, National Guard, paramilitary Police Force
Manpower availability:
  males age 15-49 21,790,956; fit for military service 12,447,547; reach
  military age (18) annually 1,297,790 (1993 est.)
Defense expenditures:
  exchange rate conversion - $172 million, about 1% of GDP (1992)



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