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Nigeria’s 44 minerals enough to tackle poverty - Wunti








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The Chief Executive Officer of World Energy Council Nigeria, Bala Wunti, has urged the Federal Government to ensure that the country’s 44 critical minerals are developed into factories, jobs and sustainable economic opportunities for Nigerians.

Wunti warned that Nigeria must not repeat the crude oil model of exporting raw materials and importing finished products at significantly higher prices.

He spoke at the 2026 Concordia Annual Summit, held at the Sheraton New York Times Square alongside the United Nations General Assembly.

Wunti participated in a panel titled: “Rare Currency: Critical Minerals in a Shifting Global Economy,” which examined America’s growing dependence on imported minerals and China’s dominance of global mineral processing.

The former Chief Upstream Investment Officer at the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited said Nigeria must move beyond exporting mineral tonnage and develop domestic processing and manufacturing capacity.

“For half a century, Nigeria exported crude oil and imported refined petroleum products. That created poverty, not prosperity. We will not repeat that mistake with lithium and rare earth elements,” he said.

Explaining why Nigeria had not fully developed its mineral resources despite its vast potential, Wunti identified the absence of reliable geological data and commercially structured projects as major obstacles.

“The central issue is the difference between mineral potential and an investable project,” he said.

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