please can anyone tell why the people of nigerdelta are neglected,of nigeria 4?
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take up this issue with ur representative and the govt.\nagitate 4 ur rights.
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Sub-Saharan Africa is by far the poorest region in the world, and there are numerous other serious problems with the area that the governments in Sub-Saharan Africa need help to overcome.\n\nThe most obvious problem in this region is extreme poverty. this has proven to be the only area in which the UN's first MDG may not completed. in Sub-Saharan Africa, HALF of the people live on LESS THAN $1 A DAY. Poverty in Africa has cost thousands of lives and, according to Jeffrey Sachs, breeds terrorism. Mr. Sachs' statement is supported by the fact that there are in fact Al-Qaeda locations in Sub-Saharan Africa and the group's first attack was in Africa.\n\nAnother problem is the disease. HIV/AIDS is extremely prevalent, as well as countless other deadly diseases such as tuberculosis and parasitic diseases that are long extinct in other areas. the H5N1 Bird Flu Virus strain was also detected in Nigeria this February, which poses a serious threat to sub-saharan Africa and the entire world because: 1)it is very likely the disease will spread rapidly because birds have not yet been quarantined and, given the scarcity of food, it's very unlikely infected birds will be slaughtered 2)flu experts have said that the H5N1 Bird Flu virus strain, though not humanly communicable at the moment, may become communicable through humans, which would put the entire world in great danger\n\nyet another unfortunate aspect of Sub-Saharan Africa's current state is war. Civil wars have been raging in this area for numerous years, and the crudely drawn territories left by the countries like France and Portugal, of which many sub saharan africa countries were colonies, cause on-going dispute. There have been 200,000 killed as a result of civil war and countless other refugees. As Bob Geldof said, "if this scale of destruction was occuring in Europe, people would be calling it World War III...and rushing to provide aid."\n\nInarguably, sub-saharan Africa is in a dire state and needs to get rid of its problem.\n\nAnother reason the U.S. should give aid to sub-saharan africa is because of its rich natural resources. The area has massive amounts of colton, which is used in cell phones. The area also has oil wells (that are being bombed in wars), in quantaties so great it could provide the U.S. with 10% of its oil.\n\nPerhaps the most pressing reason we should give aid to this region is little known. In 1970, the United States of America, along with over 20 other developed nations met at an UN Earth Summit and pledged to give .7% of their Gross Domestic Product. This was to be acchieved by 1975. Yet, over THIRTY YEARS LATER, the United States is only giving .16% of their GDP, and is giving the very least of those 22 countries who pledged money, %-wise, a highly despicable thing, considering the U.S. is one of the most affluent nations in the world.\n\n\n\nTHE CONS:there are corrupt governments that will embezzle the money. Sub-Saharan Africa has been given billions of dollars and they have not improved their state at all; in fact, the more money they get, the worse they become. This si because the corrupt governments get richer and more powerful with every dollar in aid that they get; in fact, the former president of Nigeria was found to have smuggled over $500 billion.\n\nYet another reason we should not give aid because even if it reaches the citizens, it's not always used properly. For example some country(i forgot which one) used their aid money to build a highway, although there were barely any cars in the country. Countless projects have been poorly placed and left unfinished\n\nfurthermore, aid creates independence, which actually hampers their development. For example, Asia was once equally as poor as sub-Saharan Africa. From 1976-2000, they received significantly less aid than Sub-Saharan Africa, yet grew much more.\n\nthus, aid given will be useless and there is no way to make sure the money is properly spent...which lea
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Without communication it would be impossible to develop a country.  You need to know what the needs of the people are and develop accordingly as there is no single formula for development - don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Africa's problems are of their own making.  Why people continue to think that writing checks and giving aid to the continent is the answer to its woes are wildly misguided.  The removal of corrupt leaders is key to any advancement.  As long as evil leaders reign, the Continent will remain a mess.  Where are those who promote women's rights when it comes to Africa?  Where are those who who understand that its poverty and famine are a man-made condition (by the current leadership)?  It is unfortunate, but African governments need to be overthrown before economic advancement, women's rights, and hunger, etc, can be overcome.  Any aid needs to have strings attached and should be directed and allocated by those provideding it, not corrupt leaders who steal it and disperse it to cronies and care nothing of their own people.  \n\nGive a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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Nigerians are the problem of Nigeria.
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talk about the colonization, and particularly, what happened when they left. When they left, because the africans wanted freedom, they took all of the educated people with them. They basically left (through various means) the africans with no experience in running their own country, no education, no recourses, no help, etc. Corruption quickly sprang up, lots of civil wars and discontent ensued. Good luck with the essay! Hope that helped a bit!
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To be a target for the locals to kidnap.  My trips to that wonderful country have been busy with trying to find a way around the corruption, in-fighting, threats and keeping your self healthy.  \n\nI would say keeping the production of oil moving and keeping the government Officials well supplied in what they need to keep you operating with out Military interruptions.  The lack of Military presence and sometimes the presences of the military keep the operations from moving.  \n\nNothing in Nigeria works like other society in the world. If you can make a project or operations work there you can go anywhere.
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From the Igbo Cultural & Support Network Site:\n\nThe traditional homeland of the lgbo people lies in the south-eastern region of Nigeria. They are situated between the Niger and Cross Rivers State, with the Ibibio, Ijo, Igala, Idoma, Edo as their neighbors. The ancient scttlement at Igbo-Ukwu in eastern Nigeria was an outpost for West African's long-distance trade routes, one of which was the Trans-Saharan trade routes. The main items traded were gold, slaves, salt, cowries shells (the major unit of currency), weapons, expensive cloth, pepper,ivory, kola nuts, leather goods. \nThe arrival of Europeans on the coast of West Africa undermined the Saharan trade, but did not finally finish it until well into the 19th century. This also made the south-eastern region flourish, primarily trading slaves but after the abolition of slave trade in 1807, turned to trading in palm products, timber, elephant tusk and spices.\nThe Igbos are a self-helping race who strongly believe in making themselves what they wish to be, hence the Igbo saying "Onye kwe Chi ya ekwe". They are a people rich in culture and tradition. Although generally having very similar cultures, they also show a local variation in cultures and customs.\n\nAfter several military conquest, Igbo land now became under British colonial rule. This was a style of government not very popular amongst the Igbos, hence the British were faced with a lot of protest and resistance, but Igbo land still became a British Colony. \nIn 1900 the area that was once administered by the British Niger Company now became the Protectorate of Southern Nigeria. Control of this area then got passed from the British Foreign Office to the Colonial Office. By 1900 - 1914 the Northern and Southern Nigeria were amalgamated. Then afterwards the Eastern Region was formed and subsequently was divided into several other states.
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To create a basically color-blind nation.  This sadly has been erased by modern black leaders who seek to divide this nation racially in order to obtain government money for their constituancy and attention to themselves.
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its all about the 'mother' land or some BS...\n\nLaQuishea...\n\nToshiba...\n\nwhat about YO...like YOlanda..\n\nits all about black history that no one cares about...
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Certainly, but then all the people of african decent that were born in this country could not.  \n\nBut good question, it shows how silly this naming thing really is.
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I assume you re referring to the native north American peoples,they are impoverished due to my ancestors the euro/whites who raped their women,stole their land,and murdered their people,and have held them in captivity within the indian concentration camps.\nThe great and proud peoples of the many bands deserve better.
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nigeria is corrupt. Lot of scammers live there...\nBeware of unsolicited letters or emails from a Nigerian or other foreign government official requesting assistance in the transfer of excess funds from a foreign country into your bank account.
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According to this website (in Spanish), the Africans in Mexico did not make colonies. It seems that they were mixed up with the Spaniards or pre-colombian inhabitants
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It is a third world nation. The government is not even in charge. Get out more
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Your facts are mixed. Try reading other posts. It is not the poor coming here-that is very few. Try reading.
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Nigerians are stereotyped as con-artists and corrupt officials. I work with a Nigerian and I think he's a great guy. I don't know anything else about Nigeria but I wouldn't especially like to go there - sorry!