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Politics, News & Issues > Politics in Africa Poverty destroying Nigeria

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The poverty in Nigeria is devastating; "75% of Nigerian's live below the poverty line." (thetidenews.com) The situation has slowly improved since the democratic election of Olusegon Obasanjo in 1999. The improvements in the conditions of Nigeria are threatened again by the current fuel scarcity. The fuel shortage has indirectly resulted in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs, causing mass destitution. Nigeria is the 5th largest oil producer in the world but has woefully inadequate resources in terms of refineries. The military governments that ruled between 1966 and 1999 failed to develo...

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