Natural Resources and the Nigerian Economy
Economics · 50 practice questions
Development of major natural resources (petroleum, gold, diamond, timber, etc.); contributions of the oil and non-oil sectors to the Nigerian economy; linkage effects; upstream/downstream of the oil sector; the role of NNPC and OPEC; challenges facing natural-resource exploitation.
- Trace the development of Nigeria's major natural resources.
- Understand the contribution of the oil and non-oil sectors to the economy.
- Distinguish between upstream and downstream oil-sector activities.
- Examine the roles of NNPC and OPEC.
- Suggest ways of controlling the effects of exploitation.
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- Practice question 1
Nigeria's domestic gas utilization policy mainly aims to
- A.increase the use of natural gas for local power generation and industry, rather than flaring or exporting only
- B.ban all export of natural gas permanently
- C.eliminate gas production entirely
- D.restrict gas use to only one state
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A. increase the use of natural gas for local power generation and industry, rather than flaring or exporting only
The policy channels more gas into domestic power and industrial use.
- Practice question 2
The "resource curse" concept suggests that resource-rich countries may paradoxically experience
- A.automatically faster growth than any other country
- B.slower growth and development than resource-poor countries, due to corruption and neglect of other sectors
- C.zero risk of economic instability
- D.total immunity from corruption
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B. slower growth and development than resource-poor countries, due to corruption and neglect of other sectors
Abundant resources can, counter-intuitively, be linked to weaker overall development outcomes.
- Practice question 3
If iron ore reserves are estimated at 50 million tonnes and extraction proceeds at 5 million tonnes per year, the reserves would be exhausted, at that rate, in
- A.5 years
- B.25 years
- C.10 years
- D.50 years
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C. 10 years
Years to exhaust = 50 ÷ 5 = 10 years.
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