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Niger Delta Development Commission was created in 2000.
Niger has 36 states and 1 capital territory.
Approximately 53% of the population in Niger speaks Hausa as their primary language.
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We have ten states that makes up Niger delta
Niger has the greatest percentage of land area affected by desertification, with approximately 80% of its total land area impacted by the process.
Niger River
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Niger Delta is simply the Delta part of River Niger that traverses Nigeria from upstream north to downstream south. It is presently made up of nine states for regional development purposes. The states are Abia, Akwa-Ibom, Balyesa, Cross-River, Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo, Rivers . The capital is Balyesa state. The Ministry of Niger Delta was created to facilitate the input of Federal Government development intents in the area. There is also the Niger Delta Development Cooperation (NDDC). The area has the second largest mangrove forest in the world, second largest wetland in the world, and million years of sediments from river Niger made it the 6 largest oil producing region in the world or largest in Africa. It has about 26% of Nigerian population and occupies 8% of Nigerian land mass. By Ikhu-Omoregbe, Smart. 2008
Niger is a poor country, it has the lowest Human Development Index on Earth. 80% of the land is covered by the Sahara Desert
Nigeria is ranked 158 out of 182 countries.