Group faults FG condition for issuance of mining licence in Northern states vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
YENAGOA THE Movement for the Survival of Ijaw Ethnic Nationality in the Niger Delta has declared as “double standard” and “injustice” the decision by the Federal Government that oil mining companies in the Northern States consult host communities before issuance of mining licences can be granted.
The Federal Government through the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, also stated that the government has reviewed the country’s Mining and Mineral Act of 2007, and fixed some of the loopholes that were identified in it such that it can now compete well with any mining laws in the world. “How can communities in the north have the right to mine their gold while communities in the south can not refine their own crude oil and gas resources.
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