AN ANALYSIS OF THE LEGAL RIGHTS OF THE NIGER DELTA STATES IN RELATION TO OWNERSHIP AND CONTROL OF MINERAL RESOURCES UNDER NIGERIAN
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background to the Study
The Federal Republic of Nigeria is endowed with abundant mineral resources and hydrocarbons. There is no state of the federation that does not have one natural resource or the other. Here is a table of the mineral resources available in different states of the federation:
| Abuja (FCT) Marble, clay, tantalite |
Abia Gold, salt, limestone, lead / zinc, oil and gas |
| Adamawa Kaolin, bentonite, gypsum, magnesite, barytes, bauxite |
Akwa Ibom
clay, limestone, lead/zinc, uranium, salt, lignite, oil and gas |
| Anambra
Lead/zinc, clay, limestone, iron-ore, salt, glass sand, phosphate, gypsum
|
Bauchi Amethyst, gypsum, lead/zinc, uranium |
| Bayelsa
Clay, limestone, oil and gas |
Benue Lead/zinc, limestone, iron-ore, coal clay, marble, bauxite, salt, barites, gemstone, gypsum |
| Borno
Diatomite, clay, limestone, gypsum, kaolin, bentonite |
Cross River Limestone, uranium, manganese, lignite, lead/zinc, salt, oil and gas |
| Delta
Marble, glass sand, clay, gypsum, lignite, iron-ore, kaolin, oil and gas |
Ebonyi
Lead/zinc, salt, gold |
| Edo
Marble, clay, limestone, iron-ore, gypsum, glass sand, gold, dolomite, phosphate, bitumen, oil and gas |
Ekiti
Kaolin, feldspar, tatium, granite, syenites |
| Enugu
Coal, limestone, lead/zinc |
Gombe
Gemstone, gypsum |
| Imo
Lead/zinc, limestone, lignite, phosphate, marcasite, gypsum, salt, oil and gas |
Jigawa Barites |
| Kaduna
Sapphire, kaolin, gold, clay, serpentinite, asbestos, amethyst, kyanite, graphite, |
Kano
Pyrochlore, cassiterite, copper, glass sand, gemstone, lead/zinc, antalite |
| silimanlie, mica, aquamarine, rubyrock, crystal, topaz, flouspar tourmaline, gemstone, tantalite | |
| Kastina
Kaolin, marble, salt |
Kebbi Gold |
| Kogi
Iron-ore, kaolin, gypsum, feldspar, coal, marble, dolomite, talc, tantalite, limestone, gemstone, bitumen |
Kwara
Gold, marble, iron-ore, cassiterite, columbite, tantalite, feldspar |
| Lagos
Glass sand, clay, bitumen, sand, tar, oil and gas
|
Nasarawa
Beryl ( emerald, acquamarine and hellodor), dolomite/marble, sapphire, tourmaline, quartz, amethyst ( garnet, topaz), zircon, tantalite, cassiterite columbite, ilmenite, galena, iron-ore, barites, feldspar, limestone, mica, cooking coal, talc, clay, salt, chalcopyrite |
| Niger
Gold, talc, lead/zinc, iron-ore |
Ogun
Phosphate, clay, feldspar |
| Ondo
Bitumen, kaolin, gemstone, gypsum, feldspar, granite, clay, glass sand, dimension stones, coal, bauxite, oil and gas |
Osun
Gold, talc, tantalite, tourmarine, columbite, granite |
| Rivers
Glass sand, clay, marble, oil and gas |
Sokoto
Kaolin, gold, limestone, phosphate, gypsum, silica sand, clay, laterite, potash, flakes, granite, gold, salt |
| Taraba
Kaolin, lead/zinc |
Yobe
Diatomite, soda, ash |
| Zamfara Gold |
But my main focus would be on petroleum (oil) and gas which is the mainstay of the economy. Nigeria’s oil and gas activities are largely carried out in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria, in an area covering about 70,000 square kilometers[1]. The Niger Delta region comprises of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers, Rivers, Delta, Edo and Ondo States. When God provided Nigeria with
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