Nigeria

Nigeria

1. What is the capital?

   • Abuja
   • The population in 2011 was estimated to over 1.2 million.

2. How are they managing environmental issues?

   • Industrial Growth
     • Stricter laws to reduce amount of illegal Industries
     • Petroleum Industry Bill will put an end to the continued devastation of the environment in the process of exploring and exploiting crude oil.
   • Urban Growth
     • Introduce population and migration laws
     • Provide affordable and permanent housing.
     • Introduce stricter waste management laws to clean the urban areas
   • Mining and oil giants
     • Appeal against oil giants.
   • Deforestation and commercial farming
     • Support local farmers
     • Introduce laws to restrict number of trees cut down

3. What is Nigeria's main source of income?

   • Although oil revenues contribute 2/3 of state revenues, oil only contributes about 9% to the GDP.
   • The largely subsistence agricultural sector has not kept up with rapid population growth, and Nigeria, once a large net exporter of food, now imports some of its food products, though mechanization has led to a resurgence in manufacturing and exporting of food products, and the move towards food sufficiency.