In 2008
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The World Bank Development Indicator <WDI>of 2008 said developing countries currently represents 41 per cent of the world’s total economic output, which stood at $59 trillion as at 2006. The figure rose from 36 per cent in 2000. China now ranks as the second largest economy in the world, and five of the 12 largest economies are developing economies except Latin America and the Caribbean. The share of high-income economies fell by five percent. This year’s WDI introduced new estimates of purchasing power parity (PPP),used to convert local currencies to a common currency.
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Nigeria is among the top 20 remittances recipient countries in the world with $3.3
billion remittedin 2007.World Bank “Migration and Remittances
Factbook 2008”says that Nigerians in Diaspora remitted the amount.
Kenya was the second highest recipient of remittances with $1.3 billion,
up from the $1.1 billion in 2006. Sudan followed with $1.2 billion, Senegal
and Uganda with $0.9 billion each, South Africa $0.7 billion, Lesotho $0.4
billion, Mauritius $0.2 billion, Togo $0.2 billion and Mali $0.2 billion.
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The Federal Government yesterday, put the value of non-oil export from Nigeria in 2007 at about $1.38 billion, up from the $751.5 million announced by the Central Bank of Nigeria in 2006.
The $628.4 million increase represents about 45.5 Per cent growth in the nation’s income from non-oil products.
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In 2007
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3000 pregnant women were diagonised with HIV/AIDS
The figure represents 8% of the rivers State population;
Those who attend ante-natal sessions at the government
Hospitals.
760,000 abortion cases are also recorded in Nigeria.
60 of thes cases were considered unsafe
20,000 maternal deaths are also recorded
140,000 women are hospitalized yearly for complication
Related situations and those that led to abortions.
Rivers State Health commissioner
Dr. Samson Parker[at journalist alliance media
executive seminar]
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From 2003 to 2007
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There have been about 22 attacks on military personnel
in the creeks in Niger Delta.
Navy capt; Samson Ojediran
Commanding officer of NNS Delta
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In 2007 Niger Delta Development Commission
got N24billion naira and will get N69.9billion from the
Federal Government of Nigeria
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Nigeria Federal Government allocates about N444.6
billion naira in 2008 budget to Niger Delta for security
and development in the area.
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About N1.23 trillion has been put into the power sector under the National Integrated Power Project, to generate 9000 mega watts of electricity at N3 trillion, N1.23 trillion is spent already for generation alone and had been able to make available only a little over 3000mega watts, To generate and transmit 9000 mega watts would require investing more that N3trillion, but lamented that vandalisation and theft of power cables as well as sundry acts of economic malfeasance were making nonsense of the organisation’s effort to electrify the country, Dr. Ransome Owan, chief executive of the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC),told Nuhu Ribadu which Ribadu has described as miserable”and“miserly”.———————————————————————————————————–
On 12th,Dec.,2007
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.Bayelsa State government keeps its side of the peace deal it signed with militia groups with the donation of 10 speed boats to them.It warns that the boats should be used for surveillance and monitoring of activities of criminals along the waterways.
Chairman, Bayelsa chapter of Niger Delta Peace and Conflict Resolution Committee, Chief James Jephthah, made the presentation .The boats, armed with sophisticated gadgets and a 75 horse power engine each, were given to leaders of the groups at the Peace meeting.
