Since the burning issue of MINIMUM WAGE came on board, I had to do an extensive research to come up with this data. The question is why our leaders are too lazy to harness common wealth for national welfare

In fact, I agree to resource control and true federalism. I am of the opinion that national allocation is stopped for a while to see how pragmatic our “idiotic leaders” are.


STATE MINERAL RESOURCES
Abia: Glass sand, limestone, salt, shale, ball clay, galena, granite, marble, laterite, bentonite, phosphate, kaolin, pyrite, feldspar, petroleum, lignite, gypsum, sphalerite, clay

Adamawa: Granite, clay, gypsum, limestone, uranium, kaolin, coal, trona, barite, salt, marble, magnesite, laterite

Akwa Ibom: Clay, glass sand, salt, silica sand, granite, coal, petroleum, natural gas, kaolin, limestone, lignite

Anambra: Clay, iron stone, natural gas, petroleum, sand stone, kaolin, pyrite, lignite

Bauchi: Kaolin, trona, gypsum, cassiterite, mica, clay, tantalite, galena, iron ore, gemstone, sphalerites, silica sand, barite, columbite, zinc, lead, muscovite, quartz, columbite, tin, glass sand, salt, monazite, feldspar, graphite, wolfram, coal, agate, tantalum, rutile, tungsten, copper, talc, ilmenite, zircon

Bayelsa: Salt, petroleum, natural gas, silica sand

Benue: Bentonite, crude salt, petroleum, limestone, glass sand, Gemstone, barites, feldspar, marble, mica, silica sand, quartz, galena, lead, zinc ore, silica sand, clay, coal, gypsum, kaolin, anhydrite, calcium, sulphate, brick clay, crushed and dimension stone, fluorspar, wolframite, bauxite, shale, magnetite, ilmenite, brenite

Borno: Silica sand, natural salt, sapphire, topaz, mica, quartz, gypsum, uranium, iron ore, magnesite, feldspar, granite, aquamarine, nepheline, limestone, kaolin, bentonite, laterite clay, refractory clay, trona, gold, tin, potash

Cross River: limestone, coal, manganese, mica, ilmenite, gold, quartz, glass sand, tourmaline, petroleum, natural gas, kaolin, tin ore, mica, sharp sand, clay, spring water, salt deposits, talc, granite, galena, lead zinc, tin ore, goethite, Muscovite, uranium, barites

Delta: Kaolin, lateritic clay, gravel, silica sand, natural gas, petroleum, ball clay, bauxite, granite, river sand, clay, spring water

Ebonyi: Lead/Zinc ore, salt, limestone, ball clay, refractory clay, gypsum, granite

Edo: Charnockite, copper, gold, marble, granite, gypsum, petroleum, diorite, lignite, limestone, ceramic clay

Ekiti: Clay, charnockite, quartzite, lignite, limestone, granite, gemstone, bauxite, cassiterite, columbite, tantalite, feldspar, kaolin

Imo: Crude oil, shale, natural gas, kaolin, laterite sand, limestone, salt, marble,

Jigawa: Glass sand, granite, laterite clay, silica, kaolin, iron ore, quartz, potash, talc, limestone

Kaduna: Muscovite, granite, gold, manganese, clay, graphite, sand, zircon, kyanite, tin ore, ilmenite, gemstone, columbite

Kano: Clay, laterite, cassiterite, columbite, ilmenite, galena, phyrochlorite, kaolin, gemstone, silica, tin ore, monazite, wolframite, thorium, granite, hyalite, kaolin, beryl, amethyst, gold

Katsina: Gold, Manganese, lateritic clay, feldspar, black tourmaline, amethyst, quartz, kaolin, mica, gypsum, silimanite, clay, granite sand, uranium, asbestos, tourmaline, serpentine (chresolite asbestos), chromites, ilmenite, diamond, graphite, iron ore, potash, silica sand

Kebbi Salt, iron ore, gold, feldspar, limestone, quartz, bauxitic clay, manganese, kaolin, mica

Kogi: Clay, iron ore, gemstone, marble, limestone, feldspar, dolomite, phosphate, mica, cassiterite, granite, ornamental stone, coal, kaolin

Kwara: Clay, kaolin, silica sand, quartz, dolomite, marble, feldspar, gold, tantalite, cassiterite, granite, limestone

Lagos: Silica sand, bitumen, sharp sand, gravel, petroleum, laterite

Nassarawa: Cassiterite, gemstone, amethyst, beryl, chrysolite, emerald, garnet, sapphire, topaz, barites, galena, monazite, zircon, glass sand, coal

Niger: Ball clay, kaolin, limestone, granite, glass sand, iron ore, red clay, feldspar, gold, graphite, cyanite, silica sand, quartz, asbestos, marble, talc, gemstone

Ogun: Kaolin, feldspar, silica sand, mica, granite, clay, phosphate, gypsum, limestone, quartz, tar sand

Ondo: Marble, gold, gemstone, clay, diorite, lignite

Osun: Clay, granite, talc, dolomite, ilmenite, feldspar, quartz, limestone, mica, clay

Oyo: Clay, feldspar, granite, ilmenite, iron ore, kaolin, quartz, talc, marble, dolomite, tourmaline, aquamarine, amethyst

Plateau: Monazite, columbite, feldspar, clay, cassiterite, gemstone, kaolin, dolomite, mica, zircon, marble, ilmenite, barites, quartz, talc, galena

Rivers Petroleum, natural gas, silica sand, glass sand, clay

Sokoto Silica sand, clay, salt, limestone, phosphate, gypsum, kaolin, laterite, potash, granite

Enugu Lateritic clay, crude oil, kaolinitic clay, ball clay, iron-ore, glass sand, petroleum, gypsum, coal, silica sand, ceramic clay

FCT – Abuja: Kaolin, limestone, granite, marble, feldspar, mica, dolomite, clay, sand, talc

Gombe: Graphite, kaolin, limestone, silica sand, uranium, coal, halites, clay, gypsum, diatomite, granite

Taraba: Fluorspar, garnet, tourmaline, sapphire, zircon, tantalite, columbite, cassiterite, barite, galena, gypsum, limestone, laterite, calcite, bauxite, magnetite, pyrite, lead/zinc ore

Yobe: Salt, trona, diatomite, clay, gypsum, kaolin, silica sand, limestone, epsomite, iron ore, trona, shale, uranium, granite, bentonitic clay

Zamfara: Gold, Alluvial gold, granite, chromites, charnockite, clay, feldspar, spring water

Source:http://www.nigerdeltacongress.com/narticles/nigeria_mineral_resources_a_case.htm

Well, Nigerian leadership would rather steal money than use their brain and energy to emancipate the country from artificial poverty. Almost every square km has some natural resource plus 150M+ able and capable manpower if trained and mentored but NO, they would rather steal money from oil and sell Nigerians on "fresh air", racism and tribalism - something they won't remember when they sit down to share the nation's patrimony!