Nigeria

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Nigeria
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The Basics

• Location Western Africa, bordering Gulf of
  Guinea
• Ethnic Groups 250 different types, Most popular
  Fulani 29, Yoruba 21, Ibo 18 and Ijaw 10
• Religions Muslim 50, Christian 40, Other 10
• Languages English (official), Hausa, Yoruba,
  Ibo, Fulani
• Government Type Federal Republic
• CapitalAbuja
• 5th Largest Oil Producer in the World

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A Brief History

• 11th century onwards States, Kingdoms and
  Empires form. Hausa Kingdoms and Borno
  Dynasty-north. Benin and Oyo kingdoms-south.
• 1472Portuguese reach Nigerian coast
• 16-18th centuries Slave trade begins Millions
  of Nigerians sent to the Americas.
• 1861-1914Britain tightens its grasp over the
  Colony and Protectorate of Nigeria governed by
  indirect rule through local leaders
• 1960Nigerias Independence
• 1999 Presidential and parliamentary elections,
  Olusegun Obasanjo made President
• 2003 First civilian-run presidential elections
  since end of military rule. Olusegun Obasanjo
  elected for second term.
• 2006 April With record oil prices, Nigeria is
  able to pay off its debt to the Paris Club of
  rich lenders they are the first African nation
  to do so
• 2006 Senate rejects proposed amendments to the
  constitution to allow President Obasanjo to hold
  a third term

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Aids Epidemic

• Nigeria has third highest number of people with
  HIV/AIDS
• First case of Aids prevailed in 1986, emerging
  cases of HIV then rose from 1.8 in 1988 to 5.8
  in 2001
• 60 of new cases are in the 15-25 year old age
  group
• Factors contributing to the spread of HIV lack
  of sexual education, poor healthcare and
  discrimination.
• Government spending on AIDS is around
  0.03/person when it should be around 2.00-3.00

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Oldest and Youngest Carry the AIDS
burden(Irinnews.org)

• Kuzonyawo and his wife Tani raised six children
  and three were killed by AIDS
• When I was still strongI hoped my kids would
  grow up and have good jobs like any other person.
  But things are now upside down. Kuzonyawo
• Estimated 3.8 million Nigerians have HIV
• Unicef estimates 1.8 million Nigerian children
  have lost both or one parents from the killer
• Kuzonyawo is also caring for 10 orphaned children
• Him and his family live in New Karu, which is a
  HIV hotspot
• Testing facilities say that 8-10 of the
  community is HIV positive

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Role of Media emphasized in the fight against
HIV/AIDS in Asia and Africa

• A report published by the International
  Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says African and
  Asian media outlets are not playing a big enough
  role in the HIV/AIDS epidemic
• Say the topic suffers from story fatigue
• Urges media outlets to create guidelines for
  reporting and to train journalists on appropriate
  HIV/AIDS reporting

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What is being done?

• The US has donated 84 million for HIV/AIDS
  prevention, treatment and care through PEPFAR
  (Presidents Emergency Plan for AIDS relief)
• The Global Fund is providing 28 million over 2
  years, and around 9 million will be given to the
  Nigerian government
• The World Bank allocated 90.3 million to Nigeria
  in 2002 to support national programs already in
  place to fight aids, but due to delays at the
  local and state level, they may lose some of the
  money.
• People all over the world are joining in the
  against Aids.
• http//video.google.com/videoplay?docid-169598744
  3967217430qfightagainstAIDS

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Nigeria gets 200m to boost ICT in rural areas

• Nigeria has recently received a 200 million
  dollar soft loan to improve Information and
  Communication Technology (ICT) in rural areas
• ICT has great potentials to immensely help the
  socio-economic and human development of the
  country
• General Cleopas Angaye, Director of the National
  Information Technology Development Agency said
  We should be able to come at par with the world
  in ICT development and use it as one of the
  driving forces for increased and sustained
  development of our great nation.
• The committee chairman, Festus Adegoke, said ICT
  is an area that Nigeria cannot afford to slow
  down as the technology has great potentials to
  create jobs, reduce poverty and transform the
  youth.

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Bibliography

• www.cia.gov slide 2
• http//africanhistory.about.com slide 3
• http//www.avert.org/aids-nigeria.htm slide 4, 7
  and 8
• www.irinnews.org slide 5
• www.oneworld.net slide 6