Transcript Nigeria - Doral Academy Preparatory

Nigeria
Carlos A. Morales
Quick Facts

Most populous country in Africa.

Seventh most populous country in the
world.
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Most populous country in the world in
which the majority of the population is
black.
Country Numbers
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Population
 152,217,341 people
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GDP
 Total: $374.323 billion
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Literacy rate
 57.1% of total population
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Life Expectancy
 47 years
Geography
Geography
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Resources
 Oil
 Natural gas
 Petroleum
 Tin
 Iron ore
 Coal
 Limestone
 Niobium
 Lead
 Zinc
History
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Military Control
 1966
○ Group of military officers assassinated Prime
Minister
○ Took over under General Aguiyi-Ironsi
 1975
○ General Murtala Mohammed staged a coup
 1976
○ Coup and assassination and Olusegun Obasanjo
became head of state
History
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Constitution and independence 1999
 Supreme law of the land
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Four laws of the land
 English law-derived from British Rule
 Common Law- development of post colonial
independence
 Customary Law- derived from traditions
 Sharia Law- used mostly in the northern Muslim
part of the country. Islamic legal system.
President before and after
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President
Olusegun
Obasanjo
Umaru
Musa
Yar'Adua
President
Goodluck
Jonathon
President
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Policy implementations
 The Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences Act 2000
○ Agency whose mandate is to receive and
investigate reports of corruption.
 Niger Delta Development Commission Act 2000
○ Sole mandate is developing the petroleum-rich
Niger-Delta region of southern Nigeria
Government
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Judicial
 Under the 1999 constitution, the Supreme Court
has both original and appellate jurisdictions, has
the sole authority and jurisdiction to entertain
appeals from Court of Appeal, having appellate
jurisdiction over all lower federal courts and
highest state courts. Decisions rendered by the
court are binding on all courts in Nigeria except
the Supreme Court itself.
Government
 Legislative
 House of Representatives: Have 360
members which are elected for a 4 year
term.
 Senate: Has 109 members elected for a four
year term.
 A bill must be agreed by both senate and
house before becoming a law.
Government
 Executive
 Head of State = Head of Government =
President
 Powers include signing bills,
summoning national assembly,
appointing commissions of inquiry,
conferring honours, and pardoning
offenders.
Government
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Political parties
 People’s Democratic Party of Nigeria: has a
neoliberal stance in its economic policies and
maintains a conservative stance on certain social
issues, such as same sex relations.
 All Nigeria People’s Party: right-wing
conservative party with mass appeal. The party
draws its strength predominantly from Northern
Nigeria.
Government
 Political Parties
 Alliance for Democracy: Progressive
opposition political party in Nigeria.
Founded 1998 and was embroiled in a
major tussle which eventually led to its
merge to form the Action Congress
Party.
Culture
 Ethnicities
 Ethnic identities of Nigeria: Hausa-
Fulani, Igbo, and Yoruba.
 Local ethnic conflicts affects policy
outputs such as the construction of
necessary buildings because some
ethnicities don’t use them.
Government
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Military
 The Nigerian Military are charged with
protecting The Federal Republic of
Nigeria, promoting Nigeria's global
security interests, and supporting
peacekeeping efforts especially in West
Africa.
 Keeping the peace.
Military
Nigeria
 Organizations
 United Nations
 The Commonwealth
 The African Union
 OPEC
Nigeria
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OPEC
 Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,
Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United
Arab Emirates, and Venezuela
 Nigeria changed from agriculture production to
petroleum exports.
 Problem with OPEC is that they are reducing
their own quotas to raise the prices.
Bibliography
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ePK:141132~piPK:141109~theSitePK:368896,00.html
 http://www.hmnet.com/africa/nigeria/nigeria.html
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Nigeria
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigeria
 http://www.chacha.com/question/what-supranationalorganizations-is-nigeria-involved-in
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socioeconomics
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