Industralising Mining in Nasarawa The federal government’s Solid Minerals Development Fund recently visited Governor Abdullahi Sule to seek for partnership, with a view to industrial
The federal government’s Solid Minerals Development Fund recently visited Governor Abdullahi Sule to seek for partnership, with a view to industrialise mining in Nasarawa State, writesNasarawa State, known as “Home of Solid Minerals,” has tremendous potentials in solid minerals.
Hajiya Fatima, however, said: “We are here to support them. At the same time, we want a future horizon that is bigger. We want industrialisation. We want to commercialise these mines. We want data generation. We want job creation. We want wealth creation. We want social security. We want environmental considerations. We want green inclusion in what we are doing.”
While identifying capital as major challenge for most states, especially as the states were torn between financing health, roads, infrastructure, salaries and so many demands that there was no way with the meagre resources coming to the state so that they could make huge investment in the solid minerals sector, Fatima said the fund was coming to the rescue by bringing together diverse investment and financing capabilities.
According to him , “because in Nigeria, solid minerals development and security go together. This is one area of our economy with great potentials, but will require urgent reforms so as to minimize illegal mining and to improve on insecurity in the country. The Commissioner added: “the Executive Order directed all Mining Entities arriving the state with authority of the federal government to carry out mining in the state to report to the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources to verify their legal status, citizenship and background before settlement in the communities in collaboration with security agencies.
“All Mining Entities are to ensure that physical development of structures must be approved by the Nasarawa State Urban Development Authority in conjunction with the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. Sule told the Solid Minerals Development Fund MD that his administration has started making efforts towards harnessing the solid minerals potentials of the state. He, however, said the state was looking at the oil sector at the moment, but his biggest interest in Nasarawa was in the areas of the solid minerals.
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