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Table 21<br />
Indica<strong>to</strong>r 1990 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009<br />
Per capita ODA(<strong>of</strong>ficial development<br />
assistance) <strong>to</strong> <strong>Nigeria</strong>(US$)<br />
3.0 1.47 1.39 2.38 2.44 4.49 48.94 81.67 81.67 NA NA<br />
Debt service as a percentage <strong>of</strong><br />
exports <strong>of</strong> goods and services<br />
Sources:<br />
(i) Central Bank <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nigeria</strong> (2006)<br />
(ii) Central Bank <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nigeria</strong> (2007)<br />
22.3 8.2 12.4 7.8 5.9 4.5 15.2 11.0 1.3 0.5 NA<br />
(iii) World Bank (2006), World Development Indica<strong>to</strong>rs<br />
From the table above, the positive result is that the<br />
debt service ratio has fallen from 15.2% <strong>of</strong> exports<br />
in 2005 <strong>to</strong> only 0.5% in 2008 and the debt relief<br />
gains accruing from the gains have been<br />
channelled in<strong>to</strong> the various projects carried out by<br />
MDAs covered by this report.<br />
Target 8e: Cooperating with Pharmaceutical<br />
Companies <strong>to</strong> Provide Access <strong>to</strong> Affordable<br />
Essential Drugs<br />
The obligation <strong>of</strong> development partners <strong>to</strong><br />
cooperate with pharmaceutical companies in<br />
providing access <strong>to</strong> affordable essential drugs in<br />
<strong>Nigeria</strong> <strong>to</strong> tackle HIV/AIDS, malaria and<br />
tuberculosis was widely appreciated and seems <strong>to</strong><br />
be on the increase.<br />
Target 8.F – Growth <strong>of</strong> Access <strong>to</strong> Information<br />
and Communications Technology in Cooperation<br />
with the Private Sec<strong>to</strong>r<br />
In 1990 there were only 0.3 telephone lines per<br />
100 people in <strong>Nigeria</strong>. However, following the<br />
deregulation <strong>of</strong> the telecommunications sec<strong>to</strong>r in<br />
2001, foreign investment in <strong>Nigeria</strong>'s<br />
telecommunications sec<strong>to</strong>r increased from US$2.1<br />
billion in 2002 <strong>to</strong> US$8.1 billion in 2006. This has<br />
significantly expanded infrastructure and activity<br />
in the sec<strong>to</strong>r. The number <strong>of</strong> GSM (Global System<br />
for Mobile Communications) lines increased from<br />
0.27 million in 2001 <strong>to</strong> more than 1.57 million<br />
lines in 2002. The number <strong>of</strong> lines doubled again<br />
in 2003 <strong>to</strong> 3.1 million lines and tripled in 2004,<br />
reaching 9.2 million. In 2006, the number <strong>of</strong> lines<br />
almost doubled the 2005 figure <strong>of</strong> 18 million <strong>to</strong><br />
reach 32 million. Thus, access <strong>to</strong> cellular phones<br />
increased from only two out <strong>of</strong> every 100 people<br />
in <strong>Nigeria</strong> in 2000 <strong>to</strong> nearly 42 per 100 in 2008. If<br />
this trend were <strong>to</strong> continue, 56.10 per cent <strong>of</strong> the<br />
population would have access <strong>to</strong> a cellular phone<br />
by 2015.<br />
The number <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nigeria</strong>ns using the Internet<br />
increased from 0.6 in every 100 people in 2000 <strong>to</strong><br />
15.86 in 2008. Projections for 2010 <strong>to</strong> 2015 show<br />
an average <strong>of</strong> 11.35 users for every 100 persons,<br />
rising <strong>to</strong> 13.90 by 2015. Thus, although access <strong>to</strong><br />
the Internet increased between 2000 and 2008,<br />
access rates are still very low in <strong>Nigeria</strong>. Overall,<br />
the involvement <strong>of</strong> private sec<strong>to</strong>r opera<strong>to</strong>rs in the<br />
telecommunications sec<strong>to</strong>r has brought<br />
competition, innovation and wider coverage. The<br />
country‘s teledensity is far above the International<br />
Telecommunication Union (ITU) minimum<br />
standard <strong>of</strong> 1:100. It exceeds that <strong>of</strong> Ghana (8<br />
percent) and India (26.6 percent). Apart from<br />
bringing about wider coverage, the involvement <strong>of</strong><br />
the private sec<strong>to</strong>r has created direct jobs for over<br />
12,000 people employed by the GSM opera<strong>to</strong>rs<br />
alone while another three million indirect<br />
employment opportunities have been created<br />
through the operation <strong>of</strong> franchise and retail<br />
outlets for access, SIM and recharge cards as well<br />
as sales <strong>of</strong> handset. They have resulted in a higher<br />
contribution <strong>of</strong> the country‘s GDP.<br />
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