INTRODUCTION
Nigeria is located in Western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea. The country land borders with the Republic of Benin in the West, Chad and Cameroon in the East, and Niger in the north and has a coastline of at least 853km. Nigeria has a varied landscape, from the Obudu Hills in the southeast through the beaches in the south, the rainforest, the Lagos estuary and savannah in the middle and south west of the country and the sahel to the encroaching Sahara in the extreme north. The country has two main rivers: Niger and Benue. The two rivers converge and empty into the Niger Delta, the world’s largest river delta. Nigeria is a developing country, with a land area of 923,768 km2, and a population of about 140 million with growth rate of 2.38. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and ninth most populous country in the world. With populations distributed at 48.3% urban and 57.7% rural and population density at 139 people per square km.
The country has GDP per capita of $1,800 and population below poverty line is 60%. Nigeria has a labour force of 50.13 million