A coalition of Nigerian mining host communities and Civil Society groups in the mining sector has called for speedy dispensation of justice in cases
involving 19 foreigners and 21 Nigerians arrested recently for illegal mining activities in Osun and Zamfara states.
Others are CSR-In-Action, Community Enlightenment & Development Initiative, Zamfara, Third Eye, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria, Neighbourhood Environment Watch Foundation, Stephanie Peacebuilding and Development Foundation and the Methodist Care and Development Trust. “For instance, Nigeria haemorrhages about $1.54 billion annually from illegal gold exploitation alongside other revenues and royalties that could have been remitted from the unaccounted mining and smuggling of other minerals and metals.
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