Quality of Life

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  • Quality of Life
    • improvements in quality of life
      • higher disposable income to spend
      • improvements to infrastructure, such as roads
      • better access to safe water and sanitation
      • improved access to a better diet means higher productivity
      • better quality health care
      • reliable electricity supplies
      • reliable, better-paid jobs in manufacturing or services
    • however
      • many people are still poor
      • the gap between the rich and poor has become wider
      • corruption has been a major factor and the oil wealth was not used to diversify the economy
      • over-dependence on oil could become a problem
    • 60% of Nigerians live in poverty
      • if their quality of life is to be improved the following challenges must be met
        • political - there is a need for continuing stable government to encourage inward investment
        • environmental - there are threats of disease spread by the tsetse fly, desertification and pollution by oil spills
        • social - historical distrust remains between tribal groups
          • kidnappings by the militant group Boko Haram spread fear among Nigerians and potential investors

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