Nigeria Economy

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

184 million

Question 2

Nigeria’s nickname

Answer 2

‘giant of Africa’

Question 3

MINT

Answer 3

Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Thailand

Question 4

Why is Nigeria’s population increasing

Answer 4

high natural increase, more educated people, rural urban migration

Question 5

Nigeria’s social history

Answer 5

Used to be ruled by Britain, used to be tribal now democracy - still ethnic identities

Question 6

General environmental context

Answer 6

Gets drier as you get further from the coast (swamp, rainforest, woodland, savannah) much vegetation replaced by agriculture

Question 7

Political Context

Answer 7

Boko Haram (kidnapped 42 girls) and Ebola outbreak in 2014 (only 8 dies)

Question 8

How much of the GDP from manufacture and services

Answer 8

1/2

Question 9

Name of Nigerian film industry

Answer 9

Nollywood (3rd biggest)

Question 10

How much of GDP is oil

Answer 10

14%

Question 11

TNC’s in Nigeria

Answer 11

Shell, Chevron

Question 12

Environmental impact of oil drilling

Answer 12

Oil spills - kill fish, damage fields and mangroves (eg Goi Village) and gas flaring

Question 13

Trade partners

Answer 13

USA, China, India

Question 14

Amount of money spent on Chinese railways (1400km)

Answer 14

US$12billion

Question 15

Aid for high malaria death rates

Answer 15

1009-13 60 million mosquito nets from world bank + USA

Question 16

How much was the debt Nigeria had cancelled in 2005

Answer 16

$36billion

Question 17

How much money does the UK give to Nigeria every year

Answer 17

£300million

Question 18

How much of the population is below the poverty line

Answer 18

60%

Question 19

How many economic emigrants to Britain in 2014

Answer 19

9000

Question 20

Issues with development?

Answer 20

Widening disparities