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Is Nigeria This Rich? by gbogboti: 3:16pm On Jul 29, 2011 |
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 |
Re: Is Nigeria This Rich? by CyberG: 7:37pm On Jul 30, 2011 |
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! |
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