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Company Logo Unit 5 Maintaining a Sharp Eye New Practical English Returned Scholar-Run Businesses Promote Hi-Tech Return to Home Country: A Thirty-Year Perspective from Nigeria New Practical English Unit 5 Maintaining a Sharp Eye Related Information 1 Intensive Study 2 Practice 3 New Practical English Unit 5 Related Information Introduction to Nigeria ? Background ? Following nearly 16 years of military rule, a new constitution was adopted in 1999, and a peaceful transition to civilian government was completed. The president faces the daunting task of rebuilding a petroleum-based economy, whose revenues have been squandered New Practical English through corruption and mismanagement, and institutionalizing democracy. In addition, the OBASANJO administration must defuse longstanding ethnic and religious tensions, if it is to build a sound foundation for economic growth and political stability. Despite some irregularities the April 2003 elections marked the first civilian transfer of power in Nigeria’s history. ? Geography ? Location: Western Africa, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Benin and Cameroon ? Unit 5 Related Information New Practical English Area: total: 923 768 sq km ? water: 13 000 sq km ? land: 910 768 sq km ? Climate: varies; equatorial in south, tropical in center, arid in north ? Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, tin, columbite, iron ore, coal, limestone, lead, zinc, arable land ? People: 133 881 703 ? Unit 5 Related Information New Practical English Government ? Country name: conventional long form: Federal Republic of Nigeria conventional short form: Nigeria ? Government type: republic transitioning from military to civilian rule ? Capital: Abuja ? Independence: 1 October 1960 (from UK) ? Unit 5 Related Information New