Nigeria: Solid Minerals As Catalyst for National Devt

13 April 2016

Eromosele Abiodun writes that mining and export of Nigeria's vast solid mineral deposits will have several multiplier effects on job creation, development of states, and social infrastructure

Last week, the Governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, revealed that the raw gold deposit in one local government of the state is larger than the entire mineral deposits in the Republic of South Africa.

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