The Nigeria Report (One page, basic version)
Overview |History | Geography | Economy | People | Current Event
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Nigeria is a really cool country.
It has one of the best soccer teams and star players. Nigeria's history
is one of the most interesting. This site will show you all the features
of Nigeria!
Economy
The economy is the largest in Black Africa
80% of the Nigerians make a living farming the land
The main Economic source is Petroleum. The have 1%
of the world's petroleum
People
Nigeria's Oil Problem
Nigeriawants a better deal for local staff and
contractors
in the country's
multi-billion-dollar oil and gas sector, which is dominated by multinationals,
officials
said Monday.
The parastatal Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) last week
wrote
to two multinationals to tell them to reserve some key jobs and positions
for
Nigerians.
US oil giants ChevronTexaco and ExxonMobil have been directed to create
a
deputy managing director post for a Nigerian, a top NNPC official told
AFP.
"We want more Nigerian participation in the sector," he said.
He said the NNPC also wanted the foreign firms to subcontract more projects
to
local firms to enhance their skills and participation in the industry.
"Projects on drilling fluid, mud slide controls, casing, tuning services
and wireline
completion are to be awarded to solely Nigerian firms," the official said.
The NNPC assigns oil quotas to foreign firms in conjunction with the federal
government.
Oil revenue accounts for more than 90 percent of Nigeria's foreign earnings.
Six foreign oil companies operate in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country
and
OPEC's sixth largest producer with two million barrels per day.
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