====== Nigeria ======

==== ASM Population: 1,000,000 ====
Estimations from 2016-2021 appear coherent: **1,000,000 total and 500,000 gold**.\\
Therefore min/max variation is estimated low at 5% (**+/-50,000**).\\
Female participation: Probably low in the islamic North but higher in the christian South: conservative estimation: **50,000**.\\
Gold: Data from PlanetGOLD are considered solid: **500,000**

==== Data sources for estimation ====

===2021: 500,000 - 2 million ===
(NGA-2021a):
  The artisanal and small-scale mining sector provides an essential livelihood to thousands of people across Nigeria. ASM activity is widespread across the country to varying extents. Currently, there does not exist a reliable source for information on the total number of individuals involved in the ASM sector in Nigeria. Historical resources exist that estimate the sector directly employs around 400,000 (AMDC 2017; Oramah et al. 2015) to 500,000 people (Azubike 2009; Government of Nigeria 2009; Pulse 2019). An oft-cited statement by the then Minister of State, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Alhaji Abubakar Bawa Bwari, in 2018 stated that more than two million people in Nigeria directly or indirectly depend on ASM for their livelihood.
  Women’s participation in the sector is varied, but generally more marginalized than men as they face discrimination and lack of access to capital and often occupy less capital-intensive parts of mine operations (transportation, processing, provision of food and goods). 

===2021: 500,000 ASGM ===
(GEF-21):
  People employed in ASGM: 500,000
  Gold produced (kg/year): 14,000
  Mercury released (kg/year): 21,000

===2018: 1,000,000 ===
Secretary of MMSD at OECD Responsible Minerals Forum 2018: **1,000,000**\\

===2018: 500,000 ===
(IGF-18): Table 3
  Directly working in ASM: 500,000
  Estimated number of dependants: 2,500,000
  Main Minerals: Gold

===2016: 500,000 ===
(HIL-16): 
  Directly working in ASM: 500,000
  Estimated number of dependants: 2,500,000

===1999: 15,000 ===
(ILO-99): Employment: 10,000 - 20,000\\
Number of mines: n/a \\
Illegal mines: n/a \\
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