Nigeria*
General Country Information
Capital: Abuja
Population: 135,031,164 (July 2007)
Form of Government: Federal Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone- main lines: 1.223 million (2005)
Telephone- mobile: 21.571 million (2006)
Internet hosts: 1,549 (2006)
Internet users: 5 million (2005)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.17
World Rank 2005/2006: 155
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Family-Centered Initiative for Challenged Persons (FACICP)
facicp4all@yahoo.com, umohekaetej@yahoo.com
Nigeria National Association for the Deaf
no contact information currently available