Nigeria The Changing Economic World

Question 1

Where is nigeria

Answer 1

Western central africa
Boarders Niger (north) chad (north east) Cameroon (east) and Benin (west)
Next to the gulf of Guinea

Question 2

What is the capital of nigeria

Answer 2

Abuja

Question 3

What is Nigerias regional importance

Answer 3

70% of the population is employed in agriculture
They have 19 million cattle (most in Africa)
1 in 7 Africans are nigerian

Question 4

What is Nigerias global importance

Answer 4

Second biggest film industry in the world - ‘Nolly wood’
Supplies 2.7% of the world’s oil.
5th largest UN peackeeper

Question 5

What factors hold Nigeria back from being a ‘better’ country

Answer 5

97% is in poverty
High corruption
Problems with violence (Boko Haram)
School kidnappings

Question 6

Whats Nigeria’s population

Answer 6

213 million

Question 7

What is Nigerias most spoken language

Answer 7

English

Question 8

What is Nigeria’s political side like

Answer 8

Gained independence in 1960

Had a stable government since 199

Question 9

What is nigerian culture like

Answer 9

Its music is enjoyed across the continent
Nollywood
Nigerian football team won the african cup of nations 3 times

Question 10

What is Nigerias environment like

Answer 10

Desert to the north (sahel)
Greater rainfall and rainforests in the south + forests (full of crops like cocoa)
On the coast there are beaches with palm trees

Question 11

What is nigerias top export

Answer 11

Mineral fuels including oil - $249.8 billion (94% of total exports)

Question 12

Why is nigerias oil so good

Answer 12

Its ‘Sweet oil’ meaning it contains less than 42% sulfur

Question 13

What is oli in Nigeria like

Answer 13

Second biggest reserve in Africa
12th largest producer worldwide
In 2019 22 million barrels were stolen

Question 14

Agriculture in nigeria

Answer 14

Exports cotton (and other goods)
30% of it goes to australia

Question 15

How has industrialisation effected nigeroa

Answer 15

It has caused oil production, manufacturing and industries like construction to increase
(Changing to secondary sectors)

Question 16

Why is Nigeria’s economy increasing

Answer 16

Rapid advances in technology

Greater concern for the environment

Telecommunication growth - many speak english

Increased use of telecommunications - Nigeria is able to benefit from global trade

Information in technology is beginning to drive economy

Investments in science and technology training - Nigerias huge population is seen as an asset

Question 17

Why has the employment in the primary sector seen a decline in Nigeria

Answer 17

The number of those studying at school and gaining a greater education has helped the country move towards the secondary sector

Question 18

What percentage of people in nigeria are under 30

Answer 18

Over 50%

Question 19

What advantages are there of shell in Nigeria

Answer 19

Shell paid $1 billion in taxes to the government in 2021

Creates jobs - 6,500 direct jobs

91% of shell contracts go to Nigerian companies

Support nigerias economic growth

Supports healthcare for 250,00

Question 20

What disadvantages are there of shell in Nigeria

Answer 20

Bodo oil spills - destroyed the fishing industry
$20 bil lost a year from oil being stolen
Exploits low wages
Uses illegal gas flaring which increases air pollution

Question 21

What does unilever (manufacturing company) do in Nigeria

Answer 21

Produces items for the home + food + drinks

Uses locally sourced palm oil to make soap

Employs 1500 people

Second best place to live in in nigeria (2014)

Question 22

Give an example of bilateral aid in Nigeria

Answer 22

£28 million donated by the uk to the maternal health program
£21 million donated to improve sanitation

Question 23

How do NGOs help in Nigeria

Answer 23

Nets for life distributed 2.5 million mosquito nets between 2009 and 2013

This helps protect people from malaria as it stops mosquits from entering them home

Question 24

Why does Nigeria need aid

Answer 24

50% are in poverty
Boko Haram has displaced many people in the North
Many lack clean water

Question 25

What is makoko

Answer 25

A floating slum around lagos Population of 250,00originally a fishing village It extends over a mile

Question 26

How does industrial growth affect the environment

Answer 26

Has 5000 legal industrial plants (10,00 illegal) Increase in industrial plants decreases the air's quality as more emissions are given off. Some vompanies dispose chemicak waste which can be damaging to the environment - tgreatens ground water and damages the soil

Question 27

How does urban growth affect the environment

Answer 27

Squatter settlements like makoko have grown in size with the growth of cities In makoko they throw excrement and other waste into the lagoon Creates unsanitary conditions Traffic congestion increases exhaust fumes

Question 28

How does fatming and deforestation affect the environment

Answer 28

70-80% if nigerias forests have been destroyed through logging urban growth and industrialisati This increases the risk of desertification

Question 29

How does mining and oil extraction affect the environment

Answer 29

Many oil spills occur Bodi oil spills (2009-2008) half a million barrels of oil spilt over a 20km2 area It destroyed the natural environment and killed the swamps by blooming out light Affected fish farms

Question 30

How is the quality of life improving in Nigeria

Answer 30

More people have access to: Mobile phones The internet Safe water Sanitation facilities

Question 31

Why has the qol on just increased in Nigeria

Answer 31

They have more disposable income to spend People have more reliable paid jobs in manufacturing or services

Question 32

How has Nigeria HDI increases

Answer 32

In 2005 it was 0.46 In 2021 it was 0.51