Nigeria Flashcards
Main imports to Nigeria(5)
Rice, Petroleum, Telephones, Cars and Wheat
Main exports from Nigeria(3)
Gas, Crude and refined petroleum, Cocoa
Year of Nigeria gaining independence
1960
Groups Nigeria is part of(3)
Commonwealth, UN, African Union
Key contribution to the UN
5th largest number of peacekeeping troops
Examples of Nigeria’s importance(3)
Provides employment as economic hub in Africa, major exporter of oil, crucial politically as part of Commonwealth and UN
Abuja
Capital city of Nigeria
Export
When goods are sold out of a country
Imports
When a country buys goods from another
OPEC
Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Ways China supports Nigeria(3)
Main export partners for manufactured goods, growing investment into country, interdependent as Nigeria needs infrastructure while China requires resources
Reasons for Nigeria’s economic development(4)
Increasing population so more services, increased use of telecommunications, shift from primary to secondary sector, technology increase
Political Context
Civil War 1967-70, misuse of resources under Britain, Ebola outbreak 2011 well dealt with
Why is there instability between North and South?
Inequality coupled with religious differences and extremism
Reasons TNCs locate in foreign countries(3)
Laxer environmental laws, access to global market, cheaper labour
Impacts of TNCs abroad(3)
Provides local employment, but much of profit goes abroad, and workers often work under poor conditions
Impacts of the Bodo Oil Spill(3)
963 hectares of contaminated land, high carbon emissions, destruction of crucial fishing and mangrove industry
Reasons aid may not be effective(5)
Money used to promote self-interest, donors may have influence over it, corruption in government, misused money, being spent on infrastructure or other
The measures for QOL
Life Expectacy, Income, Education
Statistics on UK Aid in Nigeria(2)
481,000 additional children receiving education in 2013-14, and 5.5 million more using safe water in 2014
