PART A SECTION ONE GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1. Background and Period of Report Coverage. Nigeria as a member of the African Union was among the first countries to sign (on 31 August 1982), ratify (on 22 June 1983) and domesticated the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights as Cap. A9 LFN 2004. This is the sixth periodic report submitted by the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in conformity with Article 62 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. It complements the earlier report submitted for the period of 2011 to 2013. It highlights developments that have occurred in Nigeria from 2013 – 2014 in the implementation of the country’s obligation under the Charter. Hence the current report aims at providing progress report on the implementation of the ACHPR in line with the Commission’s 2015 concluding observations, concerns, follow-up matters and recommendations. 1.2 Demographic Situation in Nigeria. 1.2.1 Geography and Administrative Structure Nigeria lies between 40161. and 130531 north latitude and between 2040’ and 14041’ east longitude and has a land area of 924,000 sq. km, one of the largest in Africa. The geography varies greatly from tropical rainforest in the South to dry savannah in the North which is flat and sparsely vegetated. Nigeria is hilly and mountainous in the South East, along the border with Cameroon and also in the centre where the Jos Plateau rises to 5,000 feet above sea level. Nigeria is bordered to the West by the Republic of Benin, to the North by the Republic of Niger, to the North East by the Republic of Chad, to the East by the Republic of Cameroon, and to the South, by the Atlantic Ocean. The average rainfall ranges from about 500 mm/year in the North to over 2,000 mm/year in the South. 9