Nigeria

Interesting Facts About Nigeria

• Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with more than 242 million people, and the world's sixth-most populous country.
• Nigeria is the world's largest producer of cassava.
• Cocoa is Nigeria's principal agricultural export and one of the country's most significant non-petroleum products.
• Nigeria is one of the world's top twenty exporters of natural rubber.
• Nigeria's rice production reached 5 million tonnes per year by 2021/22, a 10% increase from 2017/18.
• The rice mill in Imota, near Lagos, opened in 2023 with design targets to produce 2.5 million 50-kg bags of rice annually and support 250,000 direct and indirect jobs.

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