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question 11
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(a) List any six products exported by Nigeria during the First Republic.
(b) Describe any four economic developments during the First Republic.
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This was a very popular question. Almost all the candidates attempted it and did creditably well. They were able to list oil palm, cocoa, groundnuts, rubber, timber, cotton, etc as export products and in part (b), they were able to describe the following points:
- the government built a network of roads;
- the seaport of Lagos and Port Harcourt were expanded;
- production of food and cash crops were encouraged;
- establishment of Research Institutes e.g. NIFOR, etc.
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