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Global importance of Nigeria
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- Supplies 2.2% of world’s oil
- Major contributor of UN peacekeeping
2
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Regional importance of Nigeria
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- Africas’s highest GDP
- Highest farm output in Africa
- One of Africas fastest growing economies
3
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Political background to Nigeria
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- Used to be a UK colony
- Europeans exploited its resources including its people, slaves
- Became fully independent
- power struggles resulting in lack of political stability
4
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Social background to Nigeria
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- Multiethnic and multifaith
- islamic north and Christian south caused tensions
- Boko Haram islam terrorist organisation
- Civil war
5
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Environmental background to Nigeria
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- North is a desert with decreasing rainfall, mainly used for cattle
- South has high temperatures and high rainfall
- Southern area is mostly common, hard to keep cattle due to tsetse fly
- Oil industry has resulted in environmental degradation due to oil spills and forest fires
6
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Advantages of TNC’s in Nigeria
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- companies provide employment and the development of new skills
- more money is spent in the economy
- investments by companies in local infrastructure and education
- valuable export revenue is earned
7
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Disadvantages of TNC’s in Nigeria
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- local workers are sometimes poorly paid
- working conditions are sometimes very poor
- management jobs often given to foreign employees
- much of the profit generated goes abroad
8
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What was the TNC in Nigeria
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Shell
- one of the largest oil companies
- operations in Niger delta have been controversial
9
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Advantages of shell working in Nigeria
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- Provides direct employment for 2700 people, 97% are Nigerian
- Money is spent on healthcare benefitting 250,000 people
- Provides 3000 scholarships to secondary schools and unis
- Works with the nigerian government to build a network of natural gas plants to support the growing manufacturing industry
10
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Disadvantages of shell working in Nigeria
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- Oil spills from pipelines cause water pollution and contamination reducing agricultural production and fishing
- Oil theft and sabotage are big problems
- Most crude oil is exported and profit does not go to Nigeria
- Human right abuses, murder and torture committed against the Ogoni people in the Niger Delta
11
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How does aid benefit Nigeria
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- NGO’s ‘Nets for life’ provides education on malaria prevention and distributes anti-mosquito nets to households
- aid from the USA helps to educate and protect people against the spread of HIV/AIDS
- the USAID- funded community care in Nigeria project provides support packages for orphans and vulnerable children
12
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What prevents aid being used effectively in Nigeria
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- Corruption in governments
- government has been know to divert money to be used for other purposes
- donors may have political influence over what happens to aid
13
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How does urban growth affect nigeria
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- Squatter settlements are common
- Waste disposal is a major issue, largest landfill site in the world
- Traffic congestion is a problem in cities such as Lagos, high level of pollution
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How does mining and oil extraction affect nigeria
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- Tin mining has led to soil erosion
- oil spills
- violent conflicts with locals
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The benefits to peoples Quality of life in Nigeria
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- Reliable better paid jobs
- Better access to safe water and sanitation
- Improvements to infrastructure
- Better quality of health
- Reliable electricity supplies
- Higher disposable income
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Things that have not been improved of peoples quality of life
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- people are still poor
- limited access to services still
- the gap between rich and poor has become wider
- corruption means wealth has not been used as it should of been
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