Nigeria: Life Expectancy - Top 20 Diseases Buhari's Govt Must Tackle

One of the tasks that await the incoming administration is the urgent need to improve the country's life expectancy of Nigerians. This expectation is based on latest findings that show that currently, Nigerians are not living optimally due to preventable natural and man-made causes.

According to a CIA world report as at August 2014, Life expectancy at birth of the total population of the country was put at 52.62 years. The report showed that female live longer than the male with 53.66 years and male 51.63 years.

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