Nigeria Origination, Information and Statistics

Nigeria Origination, Information and Statistics                                                                 

     Government and Politica l Area

-       Conventional Long   Form: Federal Republic of  Nigeria

-       Conventional Short  Form: Nigeria

-       Data Code : NI

-        Flag: Three equal vertical bands of Green (hoist side) W hite and Green

     Capita l : Abuja

-       Administrative  Divisions :36 States and 1 Federal Capital

-        Independence :1s t October 1960 ( From the UK )

-        Constitution : NA 1999 New  Constitution was adopted

-       Legal System : Based on  English Common  Law, Islamic and Tribal laws.

-       Suffarge : 18 years  of age universal

-        Cabinent :Federal Executive Council

-       Legislative Branch: Bi-Cameral National  Assembly : Senate and House of Representatives

-       Judicial Branch : Supre me Court, Federal  High  Court, Federal Court of  Appeal, High  Court, Magistrate Court, Customary Court.

     Geography

Location: Western Africa bordering  on  the Gulf of Guinea between  Benin and  Cameroun

Boarders: South (Atlantic Ocean)   -   North (Niger Republic) East  ( Cameroun)         -  W est  (Benin Republic)

Major Rivers :      River Ni ger and River Benue Largest  State :   Niger (76,363 square  kilometers) Smallest State  : Lagos  (3,345 square kilometers)

     Overall Area

-       Total  Area: 923,768 Sq  km

-        Land Area: 910,768 Sq  km

-       Water: 13,000 Sq  km

-        Coastline: 853 km

Area Comparative: Slightly more  than t wice the size of

California in  the  United States of  America. Land Boundaries: 4,047 km  all together.

     Populat io n

-       167million people

-        Africa’s most populated country having over 250 tribes

     Officia l Language

-       English

     Currency

-       Nai ra and Kobo

     T ime

-       GMT + 1

Border Countries : On  the west by  the Republic of  Benin 773km, and east,  Cameroun 1,690km,  north by  Niger 1,497km and Chad Republics 80km,  and south by  the Atlantic Ocean.

Maritime Claims:

-       Continental Shelf: 200m depth or to the depth of exploitation

-       Exclusive Economic Zone: 200NM

-       Territory Sea: 12NM

Cli mate: Varies; Equatorial in the  South, Tropical in t he  Center and in t he North.

Terrain: Southern Lowlands merges  into  Cent ral Hills and Plateaus, Mountains in South-East, Plains in North.

Nat ural Resources: Pet roleum, Tin,  Columbite, Iron Ore,  Coal, Lead, Limestone, Zinc, Natural Gas, Hydropower and  Arabl e Land.

Land Use: Arable Land: 33%, Permanent Crops: 3%, Permanent Pastures : 44%, Forests and Woodland: 12%, Others 8%, Irrigated Land,  9,570 sq km  (1993 est.)

Major C itie s

- Lagos,  Abuja, PortHacourt, Kano, Kaduna, Aba, Ibadan,  Enugu.

Geopolitica l Zones : 6

North Central States  :            Benue, Plateau, Kwara,  Nassarawa, Niger, Kogi  and Abuja

North Eastern Stat es :             Borno, Yobe, Bauchi, Gombe,  Adamawa

and  Taraba

North W estern States:             Sokoto, Kebbi,  Zamfara,  Katsina,  Kano, Jigawa and Kaduna

South Eastern States :              Anambra, Imo,  Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi

South Western Stat es:             Ekiti,  Ogun, Ondo, Lagos, Osun and Oyo

South Southern Stat es:            Cross River,  Delta, Bayelsa, Edo,  Rivers and Akwa  Ibom

Democratic   Institution

- 1 President

- 36 Governors

- 109 Senators

- 360 Members,  House of  Representatives

- 774 Local  Government Chairmen

- 1205 Stat e Assembly Legislators

- 8540 Elected Councilors

Enviro nmenta l-Internat io nal Agreements:

Party to Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification,  Endangered Species , Hazardous Wastes,  Law of t he  Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life  Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands.

Membership

Nigeria is a member of t he following: ACP,AFDB,AU,CCC,ECA,ECOW AS,FAO,G-15,G-19, G-24,G-77, IAEA, IBRD,ICAO,ICC,ICRM,IDA,IFAD,IFC,IFRCS,IHO,ILO,IMF,IMO,IOC,ISO, INMARSAT,INTELSAT,INTERPOL,ITU,MINURSO,NAM,OPCW,OPEC, PCA,UN,UNCTAD,UNESCO,UNHCR,UNIDO,UNIKOM,UNITAR,UNMIBH, UNMIK,UNMOP,UNMOT,UNU,UPU,W CL,W FTU,W HO,WIPO,W MO,WTO, W TRO.