Economics Questions and Answers

Many Nigerians perceive the Niger Delta as synonymous with the oil producing areas of Nigeria.
In other words, the Niger Delta includes the states of Abia, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River,
Delta, Edo, Imo, Ondo and Rivers.
The region is blessed with abundance of human and physical resources, including the majority of Nigeria's oil and gas deposits, good agricultural lands, extensive forests, excellent fisheries, as well as with a well-developed industrial base.
The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is richly endowed with natural resources with oil and gas accounting for over 85% of the Nation's gross domestic product (GDP); over 95% of the National budget; and over 80% of the national wealth.

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Every society answers the three basic economic questions differently, in doing so, each confronts the same fundamental problems: resources allocation and scarcity. For every society, the answer to the three basic questions depend on what kind of economic system it uses. The term economic system refers to the way in which a society organize the production and distribution of goods and services.

A budget deficit is the annual shortfall between government spending and tax revenue. The deficit is the annual amount the government need to borrow to balance up the budget. When the government borrows, it offers to pay interest payment to those who the money was borrowed. The deficit is also funded by selling government bonds to private sector to do this, the government offers to pay an interest payment to those who buy the bonds. The interest rate attracts investors to lend the government money.

Land is defined in economics as a free gift of nature. Land does not only include the land surface of the earth but all other free gifts of nature or natural resources like forests, mineral resources, rivers, oceans, atmosphere, etc. unlike other factors of production, the supply of land is limited. In other words, land is a fixed factor of production, it is inelastic.

An inelastic product is defined as one where a change in price does not significantly impact demand for that product. This is because landowners can't shift land to a different market or reduce production. If the land is not on the market for development, it has no value. This means that in order for a good to be elastic, the production or use must change.