Bauchi state is endowed with large bodies of water, which facilitate agricultural and other productivity. For example, Rivers Jama’are and Gongola cut across some Local Governments in the State. Added to these are dams like Gubi Dam in Bauchi Locl Government, Tilden Fulani in Toro Local Government. These, in one way or the other are meant for irrigation and other productive activities. Waya dam in Bauchi Local Government is currently under construction and is meant to aid dry season frming and provide water to villages surrounding Bauchi metropolis.
The state is richly endowed with mineral resources that can provide the provide the base for prosperous mining and mining-related industries. They are kaolin, granite, clay, gemstone, and large deposits of petroleum. Others are gold, cassiterite (tin ore), columbite, gypsum, wolfram, coal, limestone, lignite and iron ore. However, only a few of these are as yet being mined, as some of them occur only in traces. Thus, for example, cassiterite is mined in places like gamau and Majijuju. Quarrying of granite and other rocks for road and other construction goes on in the south-western parts of the state within the basement complex and Plateau area, especially in Toro Local Govrnment Area. |
