NATIONAL PROFILE 2011-2012 - ICYE

…EconomyWaterways:8,575 km consisting of Niger and Benue rivers and smaller rivers and Creeks.Road Network :Over 15,000 km of intercity, all weather paved roads including dual-carriage express trunks.Communications:Telephones: 492,204 (1990 est.)G.S.M.: Over 90 million usersTelephone system: Since the GSM launch, mobile telephony has rapidly become the most popular method ofvoice communication in Nigeria. Growth has been so rapid that Nigeria has been rightly described in various fora as “one of the fastest growing GSM markets in the world”Ports/Harbours:Lagos, Port Harcourt, Calabar (EPZ), anne, Sapele, Warri