and half of labor force; inefficient
small-scale farming dominates; once a large net exporter of food and
now an importer; cash crops - cocoa, peanuts, palm oil, rubber; food
crops - corn, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava, yams; livestock -
cattle, sheep, goats, pigs; fishing and forestry resources extensively
exploited
Illicit drugs:
passenger and cargo air hub for West Africa; facilitates movement of
heroin en route from Southeast and Southwest Asia to Western Europe
and North America; increasingly a transit route for cocaine from South
America intended for West European, East Asian, and North American
markets
Economic aid:
recipient:
US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $705 million; Western
(non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $3
billion; Communist countries (1970-89), $2.2 billion
Currency:
1 naira (N) = 100 kobo
Exchange rates:
naira (N) per US$1 - 21.886 (November 1993), 17.298 (1992), 9.909
(1991), 8.038 (1990), 7.3647 (1989)
Fiscal year:
calendar year

@Nigeria, Communications

Railroads:
3,505 km 1.067-meter gauge
Highways:
total:
107,990 km
paved:
mostly bituminous-surface treatment 30,019 km
unpaved:
gravel, crushed stone, improved earth 25,411 km; unimproved earth
52,560 km
Inland waterways:
8,575 km consisting of Niger and Benue Rivers and smaller rivers and
creeks
Pipelines:
crude oil 2,042 km; petroleum products 3,000 km; natural gas 500 km
Ports:
Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar, Warri, Onne, Sapele
Merchant marine:
33 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 432,704 GRT/686,718 DWT, bulk 1,
cargo 18, chemical tanker 3, liquified gas 1, oil tanker 9,
roll-on/roll-off cargo 1
Airports:
total:
80
usable:
67
with permanent-surface runways:
34
with runways over 3,659 m:
1
with runways 2,440-3,659 m:
15
with runways 1,220-2,439 m:
21
Telecommunications:
above-average system limited by poor maintenance; major expansion in
progress; radio relay microwave and cable routes; broadcast stations -
35 AM, 17 FM, 28 TV; satellite earth stations - 2 Atlantic Ocean
INTELSAT, 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT, 20 domestic stations; 1 coaxial
submarine cable

@Nigeria, Defense Forces

Branches:
Army, Navy, Air Force, paramilitary Police Force
Manpower availability:
males age 15-49 22,468,803; fit for military service 12,840,029; reach
military age (18) annually 986,518 (1994 est.)
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