Locations
Areas where we are active and helping people.
Promisedland Charitable Foundation
Promisedland Charitable Foundation is an NGO in Nigeria. We work hand in hand with Promisedland Ministries to execute their mission around Nigeria, which is to mobilize pastors and leaders to doing acts of faith to transform their communities.
We are working in all 36 states Of Nigeria taking the message of community transformation.
Katsina State
Capital City: Katsina
Population: 6,483,429
Local Governments: 34
Ethnic Groups: 2
Agriculture: cotton, groundnut, millet, guinea corn, maize, rice, wheat and vegetables.
Minerals: kaolin and asbestos, marble, salt, gold, quartz, granite, talc.
Industries: paint, rubber, ceramics, chalk, pharmaceuticals.
Kano State
Capital City: Kano
Population: 9,383,682
Local Governments: 44
Ethnic Groups: 1
Agriculture: groundnuts, cotton, chilli pepper, garlic, gumbos beans
Minerals: prochire, cassiterite, copper, glass sand, gemstone, lead, zinc, tantalite.
Industries: tanneries, skins and hides, mattress, textiles, pharmaceuticals, dairy, bicycles.
Jigawa State
Capital City: Dutse
Population: 2,829,929
Local Governments: 27
Ethnic Groups: 3
Agriculture: groundnuts, cotton
Minerals: glass sand, granite, laterite, silica, kaolin, iron ore, quartz, potash, talc, limestone.
Industries: farming and livestock, blacksmithing, leather-works, tailoring, auto repairs, metal works, carpentry, tanning, dyeing, food processing, masonry.
Zamfara State
Capital City: Gusau
Population: 3,602,356
Local Governments: 14
Ethnic Groups: 13
Agriculture: millet, guinea corn, maize, rice, groundnut, cotton, tobacco, beans.
Minerals: gold, copper, iron ore, manganese.
Industries: bakery, Gusau Oil Mill, textile, sweets factory, cotton gingery, weaving.
Bauchi State
Capital City: Bauchi
Population: 4,653,066
Local Governments: 20
Ethnic Groups: 55
Agriculture: maize, rice, millet, groundnut and guinea corn
Minerals: gold, casserole, columbite, gypsum, wolfram, coal, limestone, lignite, iron ore.
Industries: steel, water, ceramics, food and beverages, cattle and livestock.
Yobe State
Capital City: Damaturu
Population: 2,532,395
Local Governments: 17
Ethnic Groups: 8
Agriculture: gum Arabic, groundnuts, beans, cotton, maize, millet, rice, wheat, and sorghum.
Minerals: gypsum, kaolin, and quartz, trauma/potash, kaolinite, gypsum, gravel and silica sand, limestone, diatomite and mineral water spring.
Industries: flour and feed mills, food processing, oil mills, weaving, pottery, leather works.
Borno State
Capital City: Maiduguri
Population: 4,588,668
Local Governments: 27
Ethnic Groups: 3
Agriculture: castor plants, sunflower and soya beans, groundnut.
Minerals: silica sand, natural salt, sapphire, topaz, quartz, mica, gypsum uranium, iron ore
Industries: food-processing facilities, slaughterhouse, meat-refrigeration plant, peanut-oil mill, and chewing-gum factory, leather goods, wooden and metal furniture, nails, aluminum and steel structural products, and asbestos cement.
Kaduna State
Capital City: Kaduna
Population: 6,066,562
Local Governments: 23
Ethnic Groups: 12
Agriculture: yam, cotton, groundnut, tobacco, maize, beans, guinea corn, millet, ginger, rice and cassava.
Minerals: clay, serpentine, asbestos, amethyst, kyanite, gold, graphite, sillimanite
Industries: carpets, textiles, reinforced concrete materials, bicycles assembly, toiletries and cigarettes. dairy products, soft drinks, flour and groundnut oil. Also leather, defense I, petroleum refinery, animal rearing and poultry farming include cattle, sheep, goats and pigs.
Sokoto State
Capital City: Sokoto
Population: 4,392,391
Local Governments: 23
Ethnic Groups: 2
Agriculture: millet, rice, corn, cereals, cotton, beans, tomatoes and vegetables grow in the region.
Minerals: gold, lime stone, gypsum, iron, copper, columbite, tantalite, zinc, kaolin.
Industries: wheat flour mill, tomato processing and textile production, leather, and large format digital printing.
Kebbi State
Capital City: Birnin Kebbi
Population: 3,630,931
Local Governments: 21
Ethnic Groups: 5
Agriculture: millet, guinea – corn, maize, cassava, potatoes, rice, beans, onions and vegetables, wheat, soya beans, ginger, sugarcane, groundnuts and tobacco similarly, fruits such as mango, cashew, guava and paw-paw.
Minerals: limestone, salt, clay and gypsum.
Industries: dairy product, fish and cattle rearing
Niger State
Capital City: Minna
Population: 3,950,249
Local Governments: 25
Ethnic Groups: 15
Agriculture: sorghum, maize, rice, millet, cowpea, yam, cassava, sweet potatoes, groundnut, cotton, soya beans, ssugarcane, melon, vegetables
Minerals: talc, gold, feldspar, lead, kaolin,ball clays, silica, sand, marble, copper iron, case rite, columbite, mica, quartz, limestone.
Industries: hydro electric power stations,tourism, pharmaceutical, sugar.
Taraba State
Capital City: Jalingo
Population: 2,688,944
Local Governments: 16
Ethnic Groups: 11
Agriculture: coffee, tea, groundnuts, cotton, maize, rice, sorghum, millet, cassava, and yam
Minerals: silver, gold, crude oil
Industries: cattle, sheep and goats, rabbit breeding and pig farming, dairy farms, fishing, pottery, cloth-weaving, dyeing, mat-making, carving, embroidery and blacksmithing, tourism.
Benue State
Capital City: Makurdi
Population: 5,181,642
Local Governments: 23
Ethnic Groups: 5
Agriculture: yams, rice, beans, cassava, potatoes, maize, soya beans, sorghum, millet and coco-yam.
Minerals: limestone, gypsum, anhydride, kaolin, natural gas, salt, petroleum oil, lead and zinc, barytes, clay, coal, calcite, gemstones and magnetite.
Industries: Taraku Mills Limited, Benue brewery limited, benue burnt bricks, Benco roof tiles, and Ago Millers Limited.
Nassarawa State
Capital City: Lafia
Population: 2,040,097
Local Governments: 13
Ethnic Groups: 21
Agriculture: cassava, yam, rice, maize, guinea corn, beans, soya beans, beniseed, sasha, and millet.
Minerals: columbite, coal, cassiterite, aquamarine, mica, clay, silica, baryte, salt, limestone, zinc, lead, glass sand, mica, granite, tantalite
Industries: mining, steel, jewelry, energy production.
Kwara State
Capital City: Ilorin
Population: 2,591,555
Local Governments: 16
Ethnic Groups: 4
Agriculture: cotton, cocoa, coffee, kola nut, tobacco, beniseed, and palm produce.
Minerals: limestone, marble, feldspar, clay, kaolin, quartz and granite rocks, dolomite, gold, tantalite.
Industries: breweries, soap and detergent, match company, Tate and Lyle, rhinoplasty plastic, pharmaceuticals, textile and furniture, paper, foam, biscuits, paper, sugar, animal feed mill, agricultural products, motorcycle assembly plant, flour mill
Kogi State
Capital City: Lokoja
Population: 3,595,789
Local Governments: 21
Ethnic Groups: 11
Agriculture: yam, cassava, soya bean, coco-yam, maize, millet, rice, guinea corn, palm produce, cowpea, cocoa, coffee and cashew.
Minerals: iron ore, mica, marble, limestone, coal, crude oil, gold, iron-ore,kaolin, casserite, columbite, tantalite, feldspar, and dolomite.
Industries: iron and steel, marble, food, sawmill, ceramic, oil palm, iron-ore.
EdoState
Capital City: Benin
Population: 3,497,502
Local Governments: 18
Ethnic Groups: 5
Agriculture: rubber, cocoa and palm produce, yams, cassava, rice, plantains, guinea-corn, fruits and vegetables.
Minerals: crude oil, natural gas, clay chalk, marbles and limestone.
Industries: Bendel cement, brewery, pharmaceutical, feed and flour mills.
Oyo State
Capital City: Ibadan
Population: 6,617,720
Local Governments: 33
Ethnic Groups: 1
Agriculture: maize, yam, cassava, millet, rice, plantains, cocoa, palm produce, cashew.
Minerals: clay, kaolin and aquamarine.
Industries: cattle ranches and dairy farms.
Cross River State
Capital City: Calabar
Population: 3,104,446
Local Governments: 18
Ethnic Groups: 23
Agriculture: cassava, yams, rice, plantain, banana, coco-yam, maize, cocoa, rubber, groundnut and palm produce
Minerals: limestone, titanium, tin ore, ceramic raw materials and hardstone and oil
Industries: fish farming, processing, storage, marketing, fishing and rearing cattle, goats and sheep, poultry, pigs, rabbits and turkeys.
Delta State
Capital City: Asaba
Population: 6,710,214
Local Governments: 25
Ethnic Groups: 5
Agriculture: cassava, coco-yams, yam and potatoes. year-round fishing produces fresh fish, crabs, shrimps and dried fish.
Minerals: crude oil, natural gas, marble, glass sand, gypsum, lignite, iron ore, kaolin.
Industries: oils, glass factory, timber and plywood factory, textile mills, boatyard, and steel company.
Ondo State
Capital City: Akure
Population: 3,440,000
Local Governments: 18
Ethnic Groups: 9
Agriculture: yams, cassava and palm produce. They also engage in fishing
Minerals: quartz sand clay, granite, limestone, talc, kaolin, coal, columbine, rock, tin, river, bitumen.
Industries: wood industries, oil palm mill, cocoa processing factory, glass, metal industry.
Osun State
Capital City: Oshogbo
Population: 4,137,627
Local Governments: 30
Ethnic Groups: 5
Agriculture: yam, maize, cassava, beans, coco-yam, tobacco and palm produce.
Minerals: gold, talc, feldspar, casserite, columbite, granite, mica, iron ore, kaolin, tourmaline, aquamarine.
Industries: tourism, nails, carpets, brewery, recording company, publishing firm, quartzite mining, and gold mining.
Ogun State
Capital City: Abeokuta
Population: 4,054,272
Local Governments: 20
Ethnic Groups: 6
Agriculture: rice, maize, cassava, yam and banana, cocoa, kolanut, rubber, palm oil and palm kernels, timber, rubber.
Minerals: limestone, chalk, phosphate, stones and gravels, bitumen, phosphate, kaolin, tar, sand and clay.
Industries: cement factories, food processing, pharmaceuticals.
Lagos State
Capital City: Ikeja
Population: 21,000,000
Local Governments: 20
Ethnic Groups: 250
Agriculture: maize, cassava, vegetable, rice, yam, coco-yam, cowpeas, soya beans, pineapple, coconut, oil palm, kolanut, cocoa, plantain, banana, cashew, citrus fruits, and rubber
Minerals: clay, silica, glass, bitumen, off-shore-oil
Industries: over 2,000 I; food processing, soap, leather works, textile, ceramics, raffia, gold-smithing, cement and roofing, seaport, pig, goat, sheep cattle, rabbit, fish, shrimps.
Rivers State
Capital City: Port Harcourt
Population: 6,689,087
Local Governments: 23
Ethnic Groups: 3
Agriculture: palm oil, rubber, coconuts, raffia palm, jute
Minerals: petroleum oil, gas, bitumen
Industries: petroleum: Agip, Texaco, elf, NPRC, Michelin, glass industry, aluminum, Metaloplastica, risonpalm, breweries, seaport.
Akwa Ibom State
Capital City: Uyo
Population: 4,805,451
Local Governments: 31
Ethnic Groups: 5 and others
Agriculture: rice and year-round fishing
Minerals: petroleum oil, gas, sand, silica, granite, coal, kaolin, limestone, lignite
Industries: mechanized agriculture, tourism, ibom rice
Imo State
Capital City: Owerri
Population: 3,934,899
Local Governments: 27
Ethnic Groups: 1
Agriculture: palm produce, cocoa, rubber, yam, cassava, coco-yam and maize. large forest trees like the iroko, mahogany, obeche, gmelina, bamboo, rubber, oil palm
Minerals: crude oil, lead, zinc, white clay, fine sand, limestone, and natural gas
Industries: pharmaceutical, card packaging, resin paints, aluminum, Saab spare parts, steel, sponge, bread, polythene and paper.
Bayelsa State
Capital City: Yenagoa
Population: 1,998,349
Local Governments: 8
Ethnic Groups: 4
Agriculture: yams, rice, beans, cassava, potatoes, maize, soya beans, sorghum, millet and coco-yam.
Minerals: limestone, gypsum, anhydride, kaolin, natural gas, salt, petroleum oil, lead and zinc, barytes, clay, coal, calcite, gemstones and magnetite.
Industries: Taraku Mills Limited, Benue brewery limited, benue burnt bricks, Benco roof tiles, and Ago Millers Limited.
Adamawa State
Capital City: Yola
Population: 3,737,223
Local Governments: 21
Ethnic Groups: 10 and others
Agriculture: cotton and groundnuts, maize, yam, cassava, guinea corn, millet and rice.
Minerals: kaolin, bentonite, gypsum, magnesite, magnesium, rubber.
Industries: fishing, cattle, water bottling, fruit juices, sugar.
Gombe State
Capital City: Gombe
Population: 2,353,000
Local Governments: 11
Ethnic Groups: 1
Agriculture: yam cassava, maize, tomato, groundnut, cotton
Minerals: uranium, gypsum, and limestone.
Industries: agro-based industries,tomato manufacturing company, cotton ginnery, groundnut oil mill, cement industry, furniture.
Anambra State
Capital City: Awka
Population: 4,055,048
Local Governments: 21
Ethnic Groups: 2
Agriculture: not listed
Minerals: natural gas, crude oil, bauxite, ceramics
Industries: fish farming, animal husbandry, automobile manufacturing.
Enugu State
Capital City: Enugu
Population: 5,590,513
Local Governments: 17
Ethnic Groups: 1
Agriculture: yam tubers, palm produce and rice
Minerals: coal, limestone, iron ore, crude oil, natural gas and bauxite.
Industries: vegetable oil, aluminum, building materials, motor, cashew, steels, flour mill, breweries, paints, livestock feedmill, salt, construction and furniture company.
Ebonyi State
Capital City: Abakaliki
Population: 1,739,136
Local Governments: 13
Ethnic Groups: 9
Agriculture: yam, cassava, plantain, banana, maize, coco-yam, palm produce, cocoa and rubber, rice, yams, potatoes, maize, beans.
Minerals: salt, lead, crude oil, lead, limestone, gas, zinc, marble.
Industries: plastic and cement block and food processing
Abia State
Capital City: Umuahia
Population: 2,833,999
Local Governments: 17
Ethnic Groups: 1
Agriculture: palm produce, cocoa, yam, cassava, rice, plantain, banana, maize and coco-yam, banana, rubber.
Minerals: petroleum oil, glass sand, slate, limestone, bentonite, laterite.
Industries: poultry farm, fish farming, forest (raw pulp), paper industry, fishing.
Plateau State
Capital City: Jos
Population: 3,178,712
Local Governments: 17
Ethnic Groups: 36
Agriculture: maize, cotton, groundnuts, beans and millet, guinea corn, cassava, rice, coco-yam, cotton, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, wheat, rice, sorghum, cabbage, lettuce, carrots, green beans, cucumbers, peas, green peppers
Minerals: tin, iron, magnetite, columbite, lead, tantalite.
Industries: tin mines, livestock, tourism.
Ekiti State
Capital City: Ado Ekiti
Population: 2,737,186
Local Governments: 16
Ethnic Groups: 1
Agriculture: rice, kolanut, oil palm and cocoa, cassava, yam, cocoyam, maize, cowpea, citrus, plantain and fruits like cashew, mango, and orange. Also, large forest products.
Minerals: clay, kaolin, columbite, cassiterite, foundry sand, bauxite, clarcomite and charcoalnite granite.
Industries: wood based industry.
Abuja FCT
Capital City: Abuja
Population: 778,567
Districts: 6
Ethnic Groups: 8 listed, but being the capital, the number is likely higher
Agriculture: yams, cassava, maize, plantains, sorghum, guinea corn and rice
Minerals: marble, tin, mica, clay, wolframite, tantalite and talc.
Industries: tourism
