ulia Rice gave us a fascinating presentation about Nigeria, the home country of Ore Okubadejo,
the exchange student our club is sponsoring and who will be staying with the Rice’s and Porters during her stay. She explained that Ore is a member of the Yoruba Tribe which consists of 40 million people, about 21% of the population of Nigeria. Ore will be arriving here August 15 and will be leaving behind her mom, a Rotarian, and 4 siblings.
Some interesting facts about Nigeria:
The Fine Master (Alas...there was no time for our favorite Fine Master)
Nigeria has the highest rate of twin births with 158 twins born per 1,000 people. One half of the population is under 15 years wold.
The name, Nigeria, comes from the River Niger. Nigeria is multi-cultural with 500 ethnic groups and multi-lingual with 600 distinct languages.
Religions: Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10% Nigeria is the most populist black country on earth.
Nigeria is home to the 2nd largest movie industry in the world.
Bruce Howard plus Gerry & Paula Porter told us about some of the experiences they have had in Nigeria.
Thank you all for this interesting program. We are definitely looking forward to meeting Ore and getting to know more about her and her country.