Are Niger Delta folk really to blame for the crisis the country is in? Or is this a mere diversion with the root cause too shameful for the FG and states to admit?

Nigeria is a country that is richly blessed with both natural, mineral and human resources. Other countries manage to not only thrive on much less, but are able to diversify and develop technologically.
We are blessed with such abundance that any thinking person would wonder why with the crisis in the Niger Delta, the FG is not encouraging other states to develop their rich mineral and other resources.

Whereas solid minerals compete with petroleum as income sources for other nations, In Nigeria solid minerals provide a derisible 0.3% of GDP.
The mineral resources of a single state, Nasarawa (not the most endowed, by the way) are listed below; they are varied and abundant enough to cause jealousy in sovereign nations, talkless of a single state. How much does Nasarawa provide the FG? Close to zero!

I would suggest that the FG looks into obtaining loans from the ND to develop the resources of other states for economic exploitation. This will be much more sensible than the foolish and irresponsible suggestions from Dimeji Bankole. These loans will be repayable over an agreed period; also, an agreed percentage of profit from the endeavours of other states would be given to the ND for a length of time to cover half a century plus of exploitation.
That is the proper way to use oil as a vehicle for development.

One only has to remember how Nigeria, at the time, the Worlds number 1 for oil palm produce, supplied a few seedlings to Malaysia. . . The rest is history.

==Mineral resources of Nasarawa State==

1 Beryl (Emerald, Aquamarine
and Heliodor) --Major source of the metal Berylium alloys with copper to produce hard, fatigue resistant metal of high tensile strength.
--Extracted Berylium is used as a moderator in nuclear reactions.
--Oxide (Beo) derived from Beryl is an excellent refractory withstanding temperatures of up to 2,750oC

2 Sapphire --Used as watch jewels, bearings in scientific instruments. Also for ornamental purposes. 

3 Tourmaline --Used in the manufacture of pressure gauges to measure transient blast pressure. Also for ornamental purposes. 

4 Quartz --Used in glass and silica bricks; paint scouring, soaps and sand paper.
--In its powered form, it is used in porcelain, paint, sand paper, scouring soaps and as a wood filter.
--It is used in construction mortal and cement and flux metallurgy. 

5 Amethyst
Garnet
Topaz --Mostly used for ornamental purposes.
--Sometimes used for the manufacture of abrasives, coated paper, grindstones, sharpening stones and scouring powders. 

6 Zircon --It is a major source of Zinconia (Oxide of Zirconium metal) used for refractories, muffle furnaces, fire bricks for electrical porcelain, best sparking plugs, for refining precious metals, roof of electrical furnaces, white opacifier in enamel industry, paints and lacquers in abrasives and polishing powder.
--Used as insulator of heat and electricity. 

7 Tantalite --Source of Tantalum used in the production of special steels especially those for dental and surgical instruments.
--Manufacture of space crafts 

8 Cassiterite --Tin plating for making Tin cans.
--Making alloy solders (Tin 50%, Lead 50%). Used for sealing of Tin cans, automobile radiators and electrical equipment. 

9 Columbite --Source of Niobium used as an alloy of steel to form weldable high speed steel for radio transmitting valves, heat sensitive detective devices called barometer, for jet engines and other aircraft components, etc. 

10 Ilmenite --Source of Titanium dioxide which is used for white paint pigments.
--Source of Titanium metal used for ferro titanium alloys.
--Used as de-oxidizer and for stabilizing ore. 

11 Galena --Lead (metal) used in storage batteries
--Paints (white lead) PbC03 alloys for various uses. 

12 Iron Ore --For making cast iron, wrought iron, steel for various uses. Also used for making alloys for various uses. 

13 Barytes --Source of barium metal used in alloy.
--Barium with Lead and calcium for bearings – alloy with Aluminum magnesium and Nickel for Radio valves, with Iron as Barium ferrite for permanent magnets.
--Used as drilling mud in the petroleum industry 

14 Feldspars --Used in glass manufacturing, ceramic industry as part of the body of the ware and as a constituent of the glazes on pottery, tiles, porcelain, insulators.
 
15 Limestone --Source of calcium metal used as a de-oxidizer and scavenger in refining copper, aluminum, chromium and nickel and reducing Uranium oxide to uranium.
--In cement manufacture
--In metallurgy as flux
--As filter in paints
--Construction work
--For hydrated lime production 

16 Mica --Muscovite used chiefly as electrical insulator, production of generators, telephone, condensers.
--Used as fillers in production of tyres and tubes and as dry lubricants. 

17 Coaking coal --For producing pig iron
--Steel production
--As fuel to provide heat
--To raise steam for power stations, railways and domestic purposes
--for producing coal gas. 

18 Talc --In paints as extender
--In ceramics for tiles, electrical porcelain and table ware, tips of barriers and for refractory purposes
--Cosmetic industry, etc. 

19 Clays --For building bricks, flower pots, floor tiles, fencing bricks, etc. 

20 Glass sand --Glass industry, for coloured and white glass containers, bottles. Also as synthetic marble and for table wares, sanitary wares.

21 Dolomite/Marble --For Refractory furnace, building materials, source of carbon dioxides, terazzo tiles, floor and wall tiles. 

22 Salt --For food seasoning and preservation
--In chemical industry to prepare soda ash, caustic soda and sodium sulphate, etc
--For chlorine production. 
23 Chalcopyrite --Sulphur to manufacture sulphur ointment for skin medication
--Sulphur to sulphuric acid, etc.


DISTRIBUTION OF SOLID MINERALS IN NASARAWA STATE

S/N
LOCAL AREA
SOLID MINERAL

1 Akwanga Cassiterite, Clay, Columbite, Ilmenite, Mica 
2 Awe Barytes, Pyrite, Clay, Galena, Limestone, Sodium Chloride, Ephalerite. 
3 Doma Clay, Silica sand 
4 Keana Baryte, Galena, Salt, Limestone
5 Karu Clay, Silica sand, Granites, Tantalite, Mica, Sphalerite 
6 Keffi Clay, Talc, Gemstone (Tourmaline, Aquamarine and Sapphire) 
7 Kokona Tourmaline, Aquamarine, Mica, Chalcopyrite 
8 Lafia Clay, Silica sand, Topaz 
9 Nasarawa Cassiterite, Clay, Columbite, Tantalite 
10 Nasarawa Eggon Emerald, Aquamarine, Heliodor, Topaz, Amethyst, Quartz, Mica, Granite 
11 Obi Baryte, Clay, Coaking coal 
12 Toto Marble, Iron ore, Mica 
13 Wamba Tantalite, Cassiterite, Columbite, Granite, Ilmenite, Aquamarine

http://www.nasarawastate.org/articles/52/1/Nigerias-Home-of-Solid-Minerals/Page1.html

Failure to pursue other revenue streams is holding the country back. But it is far easier for other states to leech Niger Delta.

I wonder why this is so hard to see.
That truly would spur development across the federation.
A state like Benue state can feed the whole nation and earn more money than any of the Niger Delta states.

The sad truth is that Nigerians have long since gone to sleep.

Instead of the various states seeing the current crisis as an embarrassment, very strangely, it seems normal to the average Nigerian that their state govs go to Abuja, bowl in hand, for monthly feeding funds. How did we get this twisted?

It is a terrible state of affairs that can very easily be righted with the proper approach to federalism and a novel approach to the already developed oil industry.
Instead of screwing their brains on their shoulders, the govt decided on the wrong trick; to arm the JTF and make threats that have only made the situation worse. It really is a pity.

The problem in the niger delta should be blamed on the federal govt.All they do is using the proceeds frm crude oil to beautify Abuja while the politicians waste the rest and yet do we expect the niger deltans to fold their hands and look on?
If the federal govt were any wiser they ought to have developed the niger delta but all they do is encourage foreign oil companies to pollute every area in the niger delta.

Why I am I not surprised that the kobojunkies, babapupa's and all the others that want to exclusively blame ND leaders are avoiding this thread? WHY?

I'm wondering if it is because this thread proffers positive solutions rather than the sort of negativity they thrive on.

MINERAL RESOURCES
The state is richly endowed with mineral resources that can provide the provide the base for prosperous mining and mining-related industries. They are kaolin, granite, clay, gemstone, and large deposits of petroleum. Others are gold, cassiterite (tin ore), columbite, gypsum, wolfram, coal, limestone, lignite and iron ore. However, only a few of these are as yet being mined, as some of them occur only in traces. Thus, for example, cassiterite is mined in places like gamau and Majijuju. Quarrying of granite and other rocks for road and other construction goes on in the south-western parts of the state within the basement complex and Plateau area, especially in Toro Local Govrnment Area.

http://www.bauchistategov.org/agriculture&mineralresources.html

1) How do you exploit these minerals without causing exposure of the ordinary people to civilization and modernity?

2) How do you ensure that the riches derivable from these minerals remain within the region without ensuring mass education rather than education of the privileged class?

It is rather a pity that the descendants of the fighters of true federalism have either lost their voices or been compromised as to abandon intellectual activism for thuggery and subtle submission.

msaalli:

MINERAL RESOURCES
The state is richly endowed with mineral resources that can provide the provide the base for prosperous mining and mining-related industries. They are kaolin, granite, clay, gemstone, and large deposits of petroleum. Others are gold, cassiterite (tin ore), columbite, gypsum, wolfram, coal, limestone, lignite and iron ore. However, only a few of these are as yet being mined, as some of them occur only in traces. Thus, for example, cassiterite is mined in places like gamau and Majijuju. Quarrying of granite and other rocks for road and other construction goes on in the south-western parts of the state within the basement complex and Plateau area, especially in Toro Local Govrnment Area.

http://www.bauchistategov.org/agriculture&mineralresources.html

1) How do you exploit these minerals without causing exposure of the ordinary people to civilization and modernity?

2) How do you ensure that the riches derivable from these minerals remain within the region without ensuring mass education rather than education of the privileged class?

It is rather a pity that the descendants of the fighters of true federalism have either lost their voices or been compromised as to abandon intellectual activism for thuggery and subtle submission.

This exposes the root of the countries problems. There seems to be a deliberate policy in the North to keep the masses uneducated and ignorant of their rights in a modern society; so that they are easy to manipulate. But, in order to develop the direct opposite is needed, citizens must be both educated and informed. A region with so much mineral wealth is wallowing in abject poverty.
These same wicked policies exist in one form or the other around the rest of the country, the masses are forced into ignorance so that their World view is totally blind to the theft and stupidity that goes on beneath their noses. In fact, they will even defend those robbing and raping them, for instance see https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=172825.msg4769229

There are too many deliberate govt ills eg:
[list]
[li]Government structure does not reflect true federalism in which, amongst others things, there are crystal clear chains of responsibility[/li]
[li]Government deliberately doesn't keep records or statistics[/li]
[li]Planlessness and chaos[/li]
[li]Divide and rule by ethnicity (eg the current attempts to pitch the Yoruba against the ND)[/li]
[/list]

God knows that even desertification in the North would be a blessing with imaginative govt. Northern Nigeria can supply the country electricity through solar energy. The list goes on.

If we cannot see beyond our noses to right these things, we are better off going our separate ways.

Beaf:

This exposes the root of the countries problems. There seems to be a deliberate policy in the North to keep the masses uneducated and ignorant of their rights in a modern society; so that they are easy to manipulate.

beaf,

most of the tings wey you write here make sense. you just provide additional evidence to back up my claims say, nigeria problem na problem of bad leadership. how de whole niger delta go remain in a pathetic state when most of the onshore oil dey come from dat area? how all de minerals wey dey for north remain inside ground without mining, while de masses for north dey wallow inside poverty? how come, we no fit manufacture needle, when ajaokuta dey there?

de answer, my friend lies in bad leadership. these bad leaders come from north, west, east , and south. every state dey get money on a monthly basis from federal government. de truth be say, most of the governors and other government officials dey loot de money.

de problem wey i get with you be say, instead make you blame all these leaders regardless of their state of origin, you dey complain say people dey call una governors tief. so what?

if ya governors loot money and misuse una money, why not admit it instead of playing the tribe game?  stop protecting the tiefs regardless of where they are from.

you dey devalue your, otherwise nice post with tribalism. stop it, if you want make we take you seriously.

@ndu_chuks

There is no tribalism in my post, I'm sure you're just being mischevious as usual. This quote is from one of my enties on this page; it spreads responsibility across:

These same wicked policies exist in one form or the other around the rest of the country, the masses are forced into ignorance so that their World view is totally blind to the theft and stupidity that goes on beneath their noses. In fact, they will even defend those robbing and raping them, for instance see https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=172825.msg4769229

Aside from the above, you have missed the point I am making. This isn't about apportioning blame, the whole system is rotten; it is about thinking outside the box and using the current crisis to produce positives and actually think of ways to painlessly rejig our government structure (an ugly structure will always produce unfit leaders). It is about taking a second look, it is about freeing the mind from the dark corners it has been forced into.

Since you agree with most of what has been said, why not lets take those and run with them? Let's bat ideas around in a mature way, know that naked truths can be difficult.
How do we ensure that every state in Nigeria is economically viable and not underperforming?

Beaf:

Since you agree with most of what has been said, why not lets take those and run with them? Let's bat ideas around in a mature way, know that naked truths can be difficult.
How do we ensure that every state in Nigeria is economically viable and not underperforming?

na now you dey talk. statements like "There seems to be a deliberate policy in the North to keep the masses uneducated and ignorant of their rights in a modern society; so that they are easy to manipulate." wey you make before, just did not help de cause.

de solution to nigeria's problems is to replace de current crop of leaders wey dey for power. e no go easy because nobody dey give up power easily. na for where you tink say the starting point go dey?

@ndu_chuks

I was replying msaalli who had referred to Bauchi.

You cannot just replace a crop of leaders with the prayer that the new ones will be better. It is better to overhaul the political system that is punctured with loopholes that bad leaders climb through.
For instance, we have rulers who have been convicted in foreign countries for crimes ranging from theft to drug involvement. These people are able to make it because the system of checks is broken. As an example, a governor is responsible only to the President, because that is the guy that pays everyone; his people and what they say or want is secondary. In fact outside influences from the FG and party can employ crippling tactics against a governor and his state.

The solution is the complete devolution of power and remission of taxes (say 30%) from state to FG. This will weaken the center and make it unattractive to career criminals. The FG should only be the hub of such affairs as, military, health, education standards, science and technology policy, foreign affairs, intra-state dispute resolution and general paper pushing etc.
In this way, state leaders would be closer to their people and not be able to hide any paper trail in Abuja.

Beaf:

The solution is the complete devolution of power and remission of taxes (say 30%) from state to FG. This will weaken the center and make it unattractive to career criminals. The FG should only be the hub of such affairs as, military, health, education standards, science and technology policy, foreign affairs, intra-state dispute resolution and general paper pushing etc.
In this way, state leaders would be closer to their people and not be able to hide any paper trail in Abuja.

how you go accomplish this? e be like say you dey call for some sort of national conference where dem go decide these issues. no be the reps and senators suppose to make laws wey go address these issues? de tings wey you dey call for go require new constitution, do you know the process involved in doing this?

give me practical ideas as to how to accomplish these tings.

ndu chucks - It is clear that the current structure that rewards idleness is a massive disincentive to mine the resources in the north and elsewhere. Why bother when you can get money for nothing.

What Beaf & PapaBrowne have described is more or less the constitution of the first republic. If we still have legacies from the military in present constitution why not  bits from the first republic.

The system we currently have produces rulers who are not accountable to the masses, when we have free and fair elections then we will get leaders.  Why else would a sitting president acquire $9 million shares in transcorp.

The first practical step we can take is defend our votes and fight for free and fair elections. This is not going to be an overnight thing - more evolution than revolution. The foundation of a new nigeria has to be in a just electoral process and constitutional reform.

@SapeleGuy
Well said.

@ndu_chucks

The reps and senators are more accountable to Abuja than they are to their own people, they are an integral part of the same old rotten system.

Our problem is the constitution. It creates an arrangement more suited to a dictatorship than a federal govt; the President is literarily the father of the nation. That is very unhealthy, the various arms of govt should be free to vie against each other in a way that creates checks and balances. The states should have enough autonomy for there to be healthy competition that would catalyse development between them, to the benefit of the nation.

Practical ways to achieve these thing? It can easily be done on the back of the current crisis in the ND, the President has enough power to force it through if he really desires. He can force a National Conference. The other way would be what SapeleGuy has suggested, genuine electoral reform.
The current crisis is the perfect excuse to achieve a good thing and Yar Adua to write his name in gold. The alternative is cycles of crisis.

Beaf:


Practical ways to achieve these thing? It can easily be done on the back of the current crisis in the ND, the President has enough power to force it through if he really desires. He can force a National Conference. The other way would be what SapeleGuy has suggested, genuine electoral reform.
The current crisis is the perfect excuse to achieve a good thing and Yar Adua to write his name in gold. The alternative is cycles of crisis.

i agree with sapeleguy as well, de process no go be revolutionary.

when hunger catch most people enough, dem dey revolt, but nigerians dey too resilient for our own good. nigerian fit get only one grain of groundnut, but him go still tell you say hope dey, him go even dey praise de people wey take the tuwo and eba wey him supposed to eat!

as far as expecting yar'adua to push for national conference, don't hold your breath. if we happen to elect a progressive leader to head nigeria, we fit see significant improvements.

na only millitary coup fit get revolutionary effect, but obj don defang millitary boys; e dey almost impossible to carry out successful coup for nigeria now. so the struggle continues.

ndu_chucks:

i agree with sapeleguy as well, de process no go be revolutionary.

when hunger catch most people enough, dem dey revolt, but nigerians dey too resilient for our own good. nigerian fit get only one grain of groundnut, but him go still tell you say hope dey, him go even dey praise de people wey take the tuwo and eba wey him supposed to eat!

as far as expecting yar'adua to push for national conference, don't hold your breath. if we happen to elect a progressive leader to head nigeria, we fit see significant improvements.

na only millitary coup fit get revolutionary effect, but obj don defang millitary boys; e dey almost impossible to carry out successful coup for nigeria now. so the struggle continues.

Removing the army from politics is one of the best things Obj did.

Why aren't these developed and the resources 100% owned by each state? Why does every state need a monthly FG stipend from monies generated in the ND?
What is holding Nigeria back from developing (the million dollar question)? Someone tell me if the answer is not resource control.

This is the distribution of minerals per state in Nigeria.
Source: Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Abuja, Nigeria

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
Salt, 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

STATE
MINERAL RESOURCES

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

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This is the distribution of minerals per state in Nigeria.
Source: Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Abuja, Nigeria[/color]

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
Salt, 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

STATE
MINERAL RESOURCES

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


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