Childhood Lead Poisoning Associated with Gold Ore …
Background: During May–June 2010, a childhood lead poisoning outbreak related to gold ore processing was confirmed in two villages in Zamfara State, Nigeria. During June–September of that year, villages with suspected or confirmed childhood lead poisoning continued to be identified in Zamfara State.Objectives: We investigated the …
Investigation of potential environmental radiation risks associated
Request PDF | Investigation of potential environmental radiation risks associated with artisanal gold mining in Zamfara State, Nigeria | A total number of 166 average measurements were taken using ...
Investigation of potential environmental radiation risks associated
Investigation of potential environmental radiation risks associated with artisanal gold mining in Zamfara State, Nigeria Download PDF. ... UNSCEAR (1993) Sources and effects of ionizing radiation: UNSCEAR 1993 report to the General Assembly with scientific annexes/United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic …
Addressing Armed Banditry in the North-West Region of …
The activities of illegal gold mining in Zamfara State is viewed as a major factor in sustaining bandit-related attacks and killings in the State. Bandits are known to have vanquished communities and taken over potential …
Rural Banditry in Zamfara state, Northwest Nigeria
Another school of thought associates the growing insecurity with state failure due to corruption, the collapse of institutions of governance, de-industrialization, growing poverty, and a culture of impunity that pervades state …
(PDF) The Consequence of Artisanal Gold Mining on Heavy …
Over the decade many villages in Zamfara State Nigeria were known for artisanal gold mining which caused pollution of vast water bodies and area of land.
How a Gold Mining Boom is Killing the Children of Nigeria
It is a pattern seen in various parts of the world — children being sickened from exposure to lead from mining activities. But the scale of the problem in Nigeria's gold-mining region of Zamfara is unprecedented: More than 400 children have died and thousands more have been severely poisoned by exposure to lead dust.
(PDF) ARMED BANDITRY IN NORTH WEST BORDERLANDS …
Despite its far-reaching effects on security, humanitarian conditions, ... Illicit gold mining in Zamfara states has greatly contributed to the escalation of Banditry and .
Evaluation of Stakeholders' Roles in the Management of …
The management of gold mining activities in Anka and its environs is structured in line with the traditional set up ... Ministry of Health and Zamfara State Ministry of Health, Environment and ...
Armed Banditry and Food Security in Northwest Nigeria
The global effect encourages the growth of narcotics and arms trade and human trafficking across borders by non-state actors. Such spillover effects have occurred in many parts of the world, ... cattle rustling, illicit artisanal gold mining, farmers-herders conflicts, kidnapping and ransoming. ... Zamfara state government's committee to find ...
ARMED BANDITRY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC …
This disturbing development has made Zamfara State and its environment unsecured which therefore ... process to also assess the impact and effect of banditry ... Though, the discovering of „Gold Mining‟ in 2009
Lead and Mercury Contamination Associated with Artisanal Gold Mining …
In Zamfara state, Nigeria, rice is cultivated in fields contaminated with Pb (lead) from artisanal and illicit mining activities. Rice grown in such contaminated agricultural areas risks not only ...
Evaluation of Land use and Land Cover Changes in the Gold Mining
This paper presents a quantitative analysis of land cover changes in the gold mining enclaves of Anka, Bukkuyum and Maru Local Government Areas in Zamfara State, Nigeria.
(PDF) Heavy metals pollution and ecological risk
Heavy metals pollution and potential ecological risk index were assessed in artisanal gold mining areas of Zamfara state, Nigeria. ... associates the ecological and environmental effects with ...
(PDF) Addressing the Socio-Economic and Community Issues in Mining
Zamfara state's huge gold deposits demonstrates the linkage between natural resource wealth and poor development outcomes. Rather than the alleviate poverty in the
Zamfara establishes its first gold reserve
Zamfara State Government has established the first of its kind gold reserve in Nigeria, starting with 31 kg of processed gold, that will be deposited in a bank. The Governor of Zamfara state, Bello Matawalle disclosed that the gold was entirely mined and refined by local artisanal miners in the state.
Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Nigeria
In 2010, unregulated small-scale mining in the northern state of Zamfara gave rise to an epidemic of childhood lead poisoning, with at least four hundred children …
Zamfara gold: Threat to development and national stability
The Zamfara gold remains a major obstacle to peace and a driver of the black market economy in the state. It provides a significant source of income to armed actors, from the North-West who kill ...
(PDF) Heavy metals pollution and ecological risk assessment …
Heavy metals pollution and potential ecological risk index were assessed in artisanal gold mining areas of Zamfara state, Nigeria. Soil samples were collected from three mines namely Kwali (05°45.49'E–11°59.66'N), Duke
Inside multi-billion naira Zamfara gold mining factory
Neighbouring Katsina State is not exempted from this kind of ordeal. In January 2022, two persons were killed and five others wounded when bandits attacked a gold mining and processing site.
Nigeria: Lead poisoning crisis in Zamfara State | MEDECINS …
There has been gold mining in Zamfara state, northern Nigeria, for decades, but until recently it was not widespread or profitable. ... the gold bearing deposits contain unusually problematic concentrations of lead these are overwhelmed by the enormous effects of lead poisoning.
Displaced and Forgotten: Unveiling Northwest Nigeria's
The group's emergence is surrounded by multifarious factors that have shaped its operational rationale. Its emergence is traceable to the incessant herders-farmers conflict that has ravaged the northwest and north central state. Since its emergence, it has become a threat to Nigeria's state.
How illegal mining is driving local conflicts in Nigeria
The government's ban of artisanal gold mining in Zamfara State and across the region, and the deployment of soldiers to enforce the ban since April 2019, have …
Gold Mining Connections to Killings in Zamfara, Nigeria
The article pins the violence on the disorganized gold mining industry in the state, whereby gold is smuggled out of Zamfara to markets in nearby Togo, Benin and Niger and then …
Environmental Effect of Lead Combination of Mining …
Farming constitutes the primary source of livelihood for the people of Zamfara State, Nigeria. With the increased awareness among the people of solid minerals abundance in the region, artisanal gold mining activities have increased in and around residential compounds and community areas. The competitive struggle to earn more money amidst …
(PDF) ROADMAP TO TACKLING INSURGENCY, ARMED BANDITRY AND …
Zamfara even as Mining association alleges foreigners as Zamfara bandits. ... local government of area of Kaduna state, and its perceived effects on the rural economy. ... ill icit gold mining and .
Environmental Effect of Lead Contamination on Mining …
The proliferation in recent time of unregulated artisanal gold mining activities in Zamfara State, Nigeria has fuelled instability and lead poisoning crisis across gold mining communities primarily in Anka and Bukkuyum Local Government Areas thereby placing a significant burden on the already fragile economy and heath care system in the state [1].
Assessing the Impact of Artisanal Gold Mining in …
This study assessed the impact of artisanal gold mining (AGM) in Abare, Dareta, Gonar Kowar, Shabili, Sunke and Bagega communities in Anka local government area (LGA) of Zamfara State, …
Despite ban, increasing fatalities, illegal mining persists in …
The government's ban of artisanal gold mining in Zamfara State and across the region, and the deployment of soldiers to enforce the ban since April 2019, have …
Lead Poisoning Crisis in Zamfara State northern Nigeria
There has been gold mining in Zamfara state, northern Nigeria, for decades, but until recently it was not widespread or profitable. Since 2009, the price of gold has appreciated substantially, from around US$800 per ounce, to US$1653 ... enormous effects of …