Nigeria's solid minerals sector pulled in more than N101 billion in just nine months, between January and September 2026. That is a dramatic leap from the N6 billion recorded across the whole of 2023, and the minister responsible for the sector is pointing directly to policy reforms under President Bola Tinubu's administration as the reason for the surge.
The scale of that growth is hard to ignore. In under three years, revenue from solid minerals has increased by more than sixteen times, suggesting that the government's push to diversify income away from oil is beginning to show real results on the balance sheet.
Whether that momentum holds, and whether ordinary Nigerians feel it in their communities, is the question worth watching as the year closes out.
Originally published by Premium Times.