According to Nigeria’s constitution: 🛢️ Oil = Federal resource. ⛏️ Solid minerals (gold, lithium, etc.) = Federal resource ON PAPER but not enforced. The Federal Government legally owns all minerals… but enforcement is intentionally ignored. And that legal loophole created the chaos in Zamfara. Zamfara Gold Is Controlled by Power Blocks, Cartels, Militias, and Politicians. The gold in Zamfara is not controlled by Nigeria. It is controlled by: ✅Local political elites ✅Armed bandit groups ✅Foreign middlemen (Chinese, Arab, Lebanese agents) ✅Powerful northern businessmen (99% Fula) ✅And anyone who controls violence in the region At one point, the state government even created a Zamfara Gold Reserve… something no oil-producing state was ever allowed to do with crude oil. Billions leave the country yearly without entering Nigeria’s economy and research shows Nigeria loses over $1.5 billion yearly to illegal gold mining. So why is Niger Delta oil for everybody… but Zamfara gold for the owners? Simple: ♟️ The constitution forces Niger Delta resources to be national. ♟️ But political realities allow northern minerals to be privatized. Why? It is a structural imbalance created by the same system Nigeria refuses to restructure. #TheyKnowWhatTheyAreDoing. The South-South carries the economic load. The Southwest carries the administrative structure. The North controls the political power. So we are a nation built on unequal laws, selective enforcement, political favoritism, resource imbalance, and different realities for different tribes... This is why they can never criminalize tribalism and enforce it. It is part of their tools. Nigeria’s structure forces some regions to sacrifice, others to dominate, and others to operate outside the rules entirely. ♟️Every region should be given 100% power to define its boundaries. ♟️The 100% power to control its resources. ♟️The 100% power to manage its security. ♟️And 100% power to develop at its own pace. Road in Benin will be killing people, the state government will tell you it is a federal road and they are yet to get approval from the federal government, Politics? Sounds like it? But if you go to Kano, you will be tempted to activate need for speed. Are we then saying the South's law is different from the North's law? Maybe? You cannot preach unity to people who feel cheated. And when they voice out, you go after them acting like you are protecting unity, when in truth, you are protecting your part of the bargain. You take months and years to “track down” terrorists. You negotiate with them. You pamper them. You invent excuses for them. You call them “bandits.” You pretend their crimes are complicated. But the moment a man from the East, South, or West simply expresses his pain, your DSS suddenly becomes commando. The people who burn villages, kidnap schoolchildren, massacre communities… you treat them with softness and diplomacy. But the people who cry out against injustice… you descend on them with the speed of light. People are losing their families, their ancestral lands, and their sanity... You give them empty promises, because you know they are too weak and fucked up to stand up to you greedy blood suckers. That is not unity ooo. NIGERIA’S NATURAL RESOURCES. Northwest: Gold, Lead, Zinc, Gypsum, Limestone. North-central: Lithium, Tin, Iron Ore, Marble. Southwest: Bitumen, Limestone, Gemstones Southeast: Coal, Lead/Zinc, Gas South-south: Oil & Gas (the backbone of Nigeria’s revenue) GOOGLE HOW MUCH THESE THINGS ARE SOLD IN THE WORLD MARKET... Every region is blessed, but only one region’s resources (oil) are nationalized, while others operate under local control and political protection. This is why some of your saint politicians turn to beast immediately they get into power. Look at the likes of Dubai and Qatar, Nigeria is more blessed than Dubai and Qatar but while Dubai and Qatar built systems, Nigeria built politics & power blocks.
