Nigeria is full of oil and has been rated the 6th largest in oil producing nation in the world and yet ,the poorest.why?\nI would want to know the factors responsible for this.\n                                               OGBONNAYA.
122612
maybe the government does not want to give any thing back to the people and they keep it for themself
288998
Good question.  If it does, it will be for the oil, same as with Iraq.  Or at least, that is what it seems to most people in the world.
492609
I am American and I have never been to Nigeria. NIgeria has a beautiful culture and people. Their food is great, I just ate some recently. I know there are beaches in Nigeria and they have nice music that I would love to hear and dance to. I have Nigerian friends and they are real sweet. I believe the culture and people are beautiful. Why would anyone think differently?
616417
Gosh your mouth is so small. I will entitle you to my land deeds\n\nNow the facts about politics:\nIslamic countries have oil. Big transnational companies need oil so they bribe some western governments to produce lame excuses and terrorize the western public so that they can steal away oil, just like in Iraq.
611319
The realities of the oil crunch and energy-hungry nations have forced many countries into a potential global conflict. We can't back away from it but we could limit it by producing alternative sources of power. While the US sanctions the war in Iraq (as a source of black gold),it condemns China for seeking the same in African countries...by peaceful means! The American government has been led by wealth over many years,and the current administration is not an exception. Perhaps we should require a different document....not of independence but a curriculum vitae of elected officials as well as proof of their financial dealings.
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Before you become interested in the oil company in Nigeria, if you are reading an e-mail that talks about making alot of money because someone died or somthing of the sore and all you have to do is help the  person get the money put into your account and then split it, I hate to tell you this but it is just a scam to be able to take oney out of your account because you give them your account nuber  with out knowing it. I have five e-mails juast like it that were sent to me.
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LOL. read about the oil for food program.  how the un people stole milliions of dollars.!!\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil-for-Food_Programme\n\nThe UN will do better if transferred to a place like ethiopia.
65560
Big Oil is a real power in our government and economy. Nothing paranoid about it, just a simple reality. (It's why we have weird little wars in weird little oil-rich countries.) Major petroleum companies aren't villians, nor are they heroes. But they are very influential, and they don't care for competition. Big Oil looks after its own best interests.
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It never should have been made a country in the manner it is anyway. It shold have been three separate countries to begin with. Unfortunately the British just drew country lines to suit the oil companies. Oh well.\n It will be difficult to split as the oil is not throughout the whole country. It will be interesting to see how this ends though.
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Of course this war is about oil.  If you don't have oil, then you'll be living like the Amish, albeit with a lot less food.\n\nIt wasn't started for cheap oil.  It was started to keep control of oil in hands that weren't interesting in being the next Nebuchadnezzar. \n\nI really wish that anti-war people would study this subject before posting stuff.....
471656
I know what you're trying to say, and the same goes for all the African nations where the aid money goes to the armies instead of the people who desperately need it. There is no oil there, so no-one is remotely interested.
607879
I'm not sure if Lagos is sub saharan, but heres a topic that I used for my Human impact on the environment course last semester. "City-states do not have internal sources of resources causing their average biological footprint to increase dramatically. Although this problem can be dealt with in industrialized nations, will it be possible for third world megalopolous' (like Lagos) to sustain a marginal standard of living?" Thats not verbatim because I can't remember it completely but you hopefully get the idea
165884
Oil profits are part of the reason for the wars AND the limited capacity of refineries. I wonder what progress could have been made in the development of alternative energy supplies with the billions that have gone down the drain in those wars.
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I have a sneaking suspicion that the role of chemistry in the national development of Nigeria is essential to their economic and agricultural industries, as well as medical research, and treatment.  \n\nFor more explicit information about this topic, please check my sources listed below.\n\nI hope you find what you're looking for.
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Did the oil companies destroy the environment?  Really?  The environment is destroyed?  Have you been to eastern Europe?  I have, and let me tell you, our environment is not even close to being destroyed.  The environments over there are WAY worse off than they are here, and guess what?  All that destruction was done by their governments under communism (not by 'greedy' companies)!  And who do you think is driving the oil industry anyway?  Everyone who buys fuel, or anything made out of plastic or other oil products, or buys something shipped with oil burning methods is driving it.  You need to learn some basic economics and think about things holistically to see the real forces that drive things.  Good luck with that.\nOur judicial system will never be cleaned up as long as it has so much power.  It is a law of nature that power attracts the corrupt.  If you want a judicial system that is corruption free, you need to drastically reduce its power over the people.  Most people look at government and its branches as a benevolent big brother rather than the necessary evil that great men like Ben Franklin and Jefferson did.  The bigger and more powerful it gets, the more corrupt it will get, period.
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Well the poor tend to have more kids,\n\nI think a long term solution is ration food to the world that we sell like OPEC does oil we would be the richest country in the world again.
129951
There are a number of reasons. The riches are exploiting the poor. In the industries the workers are not getting their remuneration according to the labor they provide there. The rich countries are exploiting the developing counties. Corruption is another reason. The person who has power in hand earns money through corruption and that money belongs to the people of the country. If the money is properly distributed among the people there can not be any poverty in the world.