Post by jenny on Oct 6, 2014 14:29:56 GMT
What we should know about current #Nigeria in celebrating @54 years of independent
Nigeria is the largest nation in Africa, the largest economy, also became 24th largest economy in world and one of the Africa's most populated area. According to The Guardian, Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as the continent's largest economy after it overhauled its gross domestic product data for the first time in more than two decades.
Official figures for 2013, released by Nigeria's statistics bureau, put the country's GDP at $503bn (£307bn) – nearly double previous estimates and well ahead of South Africa at around $350bn.
That means high expectation is possible in the heart people concerning how strong, how powerful and how wealth Nigeria are, Nigerian governments are highly respected in AU and of course foreign association with Africa, as well as investment.
But some statistic may also help.
*.Population below poverty line 33.1%. as of 2013
*.Labour force 48.53 million (2011 est.)
*.Labour force by occupation services: 32%; agriculture: 30%; manufacturing: 11%
*.Unemployment24% as of 2011
Our main industries include---> crude oil, coal, tin, columbite, uranium; palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood; hidesand skins, textiles, cementand and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel, small commercial ship construction and repair, entertainment, machinery, car assembly. This statistic is credited by WikiPedia.
Nigerian current president is Goodluck Jonathan and his vice Namadi Sambo. Unfortunately President Jonathan encountered so many challenges during his regime in power since when he takeover from late Yar'Adua back then. Every sensible human in Nigeria know that the emerging of Boko Haram complicated everything in Jonathan administration as well as regional violence in different parts of Nigeria, such as BH in Burno, Muslims and Christians in Plateau, Fulani and Tiv in Benue, Jukum and Muslims in Taraba/Ukari, also Mada and Arago in Nasarawa.
So, how the Jonathan administration is coping with this problems?
Its a question that brings debate across the nation and in world media also, with many critics and some support for President Jonathan. So far president Ebele Jonathan said “Stop blaming me for Chibok,” and some popular Nigerian website Vanguard, Premium Times etc, also said that president is not the one to blame. They said Blame Boko Haram insurgency on Northern religious institutions.
BBC report that Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai has met Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan to press for more action to free at least 200 girls held by Boko Haram Islamist militants. Malala met Mr Jonathan in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, and urged him to meet the families of the kidnapped girls. She met relatives of the girls on Sunday, and expressed solidarity with them.
BBC Nigeria correspondent Tomi Oladipo says it is highly unusual that the president has not spoken to the relatives, exactly three months after the abductions.
It even appear in DW headlines saying that Goodluck Jonathan: A powerless president. They said, A wave of violence is spreading over Nigeria. Almost daily, the terrorist group Boko Haram is involved in massacres, kidnappings and bombings. Does President Goodluck Jonathan have control of the country? They ask.
In their article (DW) claim that never before has the division within Nigeria been as obvious as it is now. The prosperous south which helped make the country the leading economic nation within Africa, has been eclipsed by the north which is sinking further and further into terror and violence.
Just days before President Goodluck Jonathan opens the World Economic Forum to high-ranking visitors from around the world in the capital Abuja on Thursday (08.05.2014), more than 200 people were killed in the village of Gamboru in north-east Nigeria – allegedly by members of the Boko Haram terrorist group.
More and more Nigerian's are wondering whether their president has the situation under control, or whether he has lost touch with reality. DW said.
LAGOS (Reuters) - Facing censure at home and overseas for a perceived failure to protect civilians from violent Islamists, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has launched an international media offensive to try to turn the tide of public opinion in his favor.
But those efforts have backfired abroad, where many greet his defense with scepticism, and at home, where he was slated for hiring U.S. public relations (PR) firm Levick for $1.2 million, in what critics called a waste of money.
Nigeria is the largest nation in Africa, the largest economy, also became 24th largest economy in world and one of the Africa's most populated area. According to The Guardian, Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as the continent's largest economy after it overhauled its gross domestic product data for the first time in more than two decades.
Official figures for 2013, released by Nigeria's statistics bureau, put the country's GDP at $503bn (£307bn) – nearly double previous estimates and well ahead of South Africa at around $350bn.
That means high expectation is possible in the heart people concerning how strong, how powerful and how wealth Nigeria are, Nigerian governments are highly respected in AU and of course foreign association with Africa, as well as investment.
But some statistic may also help.
*.Population below poverty line 33.1%. as of 2013
*.Labour force 48.53 million (2011 est.)
*.Labour force by occupation services: 32%; agriculture: 30%; manufacturing: 11%
*.Unemployment24% as of 2011
Our main industries include---> crude oil, coal, tin, columbite, uranium; palm oil, peanuts, cotton, rubber, wood; hidesand skins, textiles, cementand and other construction materials, food products, footwear, chemicals, fertilizer, printing, ceramics, steel, small commercial ship construction and repair, entertainment, machinery, car assembly. This statistic is credited by WikiPedia.
Nigerian current president is Goodluck Jonathan and his vice Namadi Sambo. Unfortunately President Jonathan encountered so many challenges during his regime in power since when he takeover from late Yar'Adua back then. Every sensible human in Nigeria know that the emerging of Boko Haram complicated everything in Jonathan administration as well as regional violence in different parts of Nigeria, such as BH in Burno, Muslims and Christians in Plateau, Fulani and Tiv in Benue, Jukum and Muslims in Taraba/Ukari, also Mada and Arago in Nasarawa.
So, how the Jonathan administration is coping with this problems?
Its a question that brings debate across the nation and in world media also, with many critics and some support for President Jonathan. So far president Ebele Jonathan said “Stop blaming me for Chibok,” and some popular Nigerian website Vanguard, Premium Times etc, also said that president is not the one to blame. They said Blame Boko Haram insurgency on Northern religious institutions.
BBC report that Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousafzai has met Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan to press for more action to free at least 200 girls held by Boko Haram Islamist militants. Malala met Mr Jonathan in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, and urged him to meet the families of the kidnapped girls. She met relatives of the girls on Sunday, and expressed solidarity with them.
BBC Nigeria correspondent Tomi Oladipo says it is highly unusual that the president has not spoken to the relatives, exactly three months after the abductions.
It even appear in DW headlines saying that Goodluck Jonathan: A powerless president. They said, A wave of violence is spreading over Nigeria. Almost daily, the terrorist group Boko Haram is involved in massacres, kidnappings and bombings. Does President Goodluck Jonathan have control of the country? They ask.
In their article (DW) claim that never before has the division within Nigeria been as obvious as it is now. The prosperous south which helped make the country the leading economic nation within Africa, has been eclipsed by the north which is sinking further and further into terror and violence.
Just days before President Goodluck Jonathan opens the World Economic Forum to high-ranking visitors from around the world in the capital Abuja on Thursday (08.05.2014), more than 200 people were killed in the village of Gamboru in north-east Nigeria – allegedly by members of the Boko Haram terrorist group.
More and more Nigerian's are wondering whether their president has the situation under control, or whether he has lost touch with reality. DW said.
LAGOS (Reuters) - Facing censure at home and overseas for a perceived failure to protect civilians from violent Islamists, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has launched an international media offensive to try to turn the tide of public opinion in his favor.
But those efforts have backfired abroad, where many greet his defense with scepticism, and at home, where he was slated for hiring U.S. public relations (PR) firm Levick for $1.2 million, in what critics called a waste of money.
