Outline
Paragraph 1: intro and thesis
Thesis statement: There are a few similarities between Canada and Nigeria, but Nigeria differs from Canada in many ways.
Paragraph 2: Topic sentence 1- the language and culture-collectivism and individualism
Paragraph 3: Topic sentence 2- the wealth of both countries i.e. natural resources, agriculture (cash crops)
Paragraph 3: Topic sentence 3- The government: - how well both of the countries manage their wealth and care for the citizens.
The world is composed of many continents and each continent consists of a lot of countries. These countries can be categorized as either developed or developing. A developed country is said to be more industrialized with relatively …show more content…
Oftentimes, what makes a country to be considered as developed or developing is not necessarily the amount of wealth the country possesses, but the effectiveness of a government in managing the country’s resources. This is because many countries that fall under less developed classification are usually rich countries like Nigeria, it’s only that the wealth is not properly managed and not evenly distributed. However, the people living in these countries are tend to have exceptional cultures and traditional that the people residing in the developed countries may be lacking. Although there are a few similarities between Nigeria and Canada, the differences between the two countries are incomparable.
Firstly, both nations are multicultural and multilingual but are different in their cultural orientations. For instance, even though, English Language is the principal language of instruction in Nigeria, there are hundreds of ethnic groups and dialects, with Yoruba, Ibo, and Hausa languages as the three major languages. Similarly, Canada comprises of people from …show more content…
For instance, Canadian government makes use of the country’s resources for the benefit of the residents by providing adequate infrastructures such as hydro, gas, safe road to people living in every region and part of the country. Oppositely, Nigeria, despite being one of the richest countries in the world, the government is struggling to make essential amenities available to all Nigerians, especially the rural habitants. Moreover, as opposed to Canada that financially support the poor and unemployed, Nigerian government are unable to care for this category of people. The old people and the retired residents are remembered just once in a while by the government by providing them with some funds to help sustain them, whereas, there is ongoing support of the old and retired people from the Canadian government. Additionally, the Canadian government is able to provide free health care through the provincial level, while; many Nigerians are dying of curable illnesses and diseases because of unaffordable health care cost. Regardless of the natural resources possessed by Canada, the government continues to tax the residents from all works of life on basically everything except farm produce and water. These taxes serve as extra revenues for government in provision of goods and amenities to Canadian people and supporting the less privileged in the country.