ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We wish to express our immense appreciation to the Vice Chancellor, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, Prof. Abu Kasim Adamu, for trusting us and providing a conducive atmosphere, which is required to consummate and actualize this manuscript. The Director General of Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Science and Technology, Prof. Hussaini Doko Ibrahim, who in 2019 funded a project carried-out by Geology and Mining Department, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, titled ‘Mapping and Characterization of Some Industrial Mineral Deposits in North-Central Nigeria as Raw Materials for Industrialization’, which actually form part of this work and also the then Director Industrial Chemicals and Minerals at the RMRDC, Dr. Moses Omojola, is highly acknowledged for supervising and guiding the project at all the stages.

We are indebted to Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Tetfund) for creating a platform whereby creative work in form of book manuscript can be show cased for sponsorship. We are greatly inspired by the upgrading of the Department of Geology and Mining, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University Lapai, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Cooperation to Center of Excellence and domiciling a professorial chair in basinal analysis of which our own very Head of the Department, Geology and Mining, Prof. N.G. Obaje was appointed as the pioneer Professorial Chair. To all Staff of the Department of Geology and Mining, we say thank you for your support.