The Special Adviser to Governor Dapo Abiodun on Media and Strategy, Kayode Akinmade, on Sunday clarified that the decision of the Ogun State government to create a Mineral Resources Agency was in order and in the best interest of the state.
According to Akinmade, the creation of the agency was aimed at protecting the resources deposited in the state and entrenching decency and sanity in the mining sector for the common good of the people in the state.
“Thus, a state can not effectively plan or govern if it does not enumerate the resources in its jurisdiction and map them to know where they are. “It also avoids clash of investments as we have had agricultural allottees clashing with mining allottees on the same or adjoining land with the mining activities hampering the agricultural and ecological benefits of the farmers”.
“Additionally, we must remember the recent unfortunate explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State that destroyed several properties and claimed lives, because of the actions of miners operating in the State under federal license without interface with or recourse to the State Government at all. He also stated that the Ogun State Government has the constitutional right to regulate chieftaincy matters in the State.
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