NIGERIA is a country with diverse but abundant natural resources. The landmass of Nigeria is about one million square kilometres. There are numerous mineral resources scattered all over the nation. Nigeria's land is so fertile that farmers do not require fertilizer before reaping bumper harvest in some areas.
There is a particular saying that many countries, at creation, complained to God for favouring Nigeria in terms of natural resources. In reply, God told them that they should not bother because he was going to give Nigeria leaders who would waste the abundant natural resources he (God) gave Nigeria.
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