Nigeria

Policy Issues in Nigeria
=FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA=

__**BASIC INFO**__
 * Capital**: Abuja
 * Motto**: Unity, and Faith; Peace and Progress
 * Currency**: Naira
 * Languages**: English (official); Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, Fulani


 * __STATISTICS__**
 * Population**: 149,229,090
 * GDP per capita (PPP)**: $339 billion
 * Ethnic groups**: Hausa and Fulani (29%%), Yoruba (21%), Igbo (18%), Ijaw (10%), Kanuri (4%), Ibibio (3.5%), Tiv (2.5%)
 * Literacy Rate**: 68% (75.7% male, 60.6% female)
 * Labor Force**: 70% agriculture, 20% services, 10% industry
 * Poverty Line**: 70% below
 * Military Expenditures**: 1.5%


 * __GOVERNMENT INFORMATION__**
 * Government Type**: Federal republic
 * Date government formed**: October 1st, 1960
 * President**: Goodluck Jonathan
 * Political Parties**: Accord Party, Action Congress, All Nigeria People's Party, All Progressives Grand Alliance, Alliance for Democracy, Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, Democratic People's Party, Labor Party, National Democratic Party, People's Democratic Party, People's Progressive Alliance