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The consumer movement is an effort to promote consumer protection through an organized social movement, which is in many places led by consumer organizations.It advocates for the rights of consumers, especially when those rights are actively breached by the actions of corporations, governments, and other organizations that provide products and services to consumers.
The economic history of Nigeria falls into three periods. They are the: pre-colonial, the colonial and the post-colonial or independence periods. [1] The pre-colonial period covers the longest the part of Nigerian history. The colonial period covers a period of 60 years, 1900-1960 while the independence period dates from October 1, 1960.
Although the rise of consumer culture and marketing in Britain and Europe have been studied extensively, less is known about developments elsewhere. [26] Nevertheless, recent research suggests that China exhibited a rich history of early marketing practices; including branding, packaging, advertising and retail signage. [ 27 ]
Consumerism is the selfish and frivolous collecting of products, or economic materialism. In this sense consumerism is negative and in opposition to positive lifestyles of anti-consumerism and simple living. [ 3 ] Consumerism is a force from the marketplace which destroys individuality and harms society. [ 3 ]
Social class in Nigeria. Alfred Achebe, king of Onitsha and chair of the board of Unilever. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, king of the Kano Emirate and non-executive director of the MTN Group. Aliko Dangote, chief executive of the Dangote Group and Nigeria's richest man. Folorunsho Alakija, vice-chair of Famfa Oil Limited and Nigeria's richest woman.
Economy of Nigeria. All values, unless otherwise stated, are in US dollars. Change in per capita GDP of Nigeria, 1950–2018. Figures are inflation-adjusted to 2011 International Geary-Khamis dollars. The economy of Nigeria is a middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market [27][28] with expanding manufacturing, financial, service ...
Nigerian literature may be roughly defined as the literary writing by citizens of the nation of Nigeria for Nigerian readers, addressing Nigerian issues. This encompasses writers in a number of languages, including not only English but Igbo , Urhobo , Yoruba , and in the northern part of the county Hausa and Nupe . [ 1 ]
Rent-seeking is an attempt to obtain economic rent (i.e., the portion of income paid to a factor of production in excess of what is needed to keep it employed in its current use) by manipulating the social or political environment in which economic activities occur, rather than by creating new wealth.