Powerful Nigerians Are Seeking Release Of Illegal Chinese Miners – Minister
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, addressed journalists on May 8, 2020.The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, on Friday, said powerful Nigerians are seeking the release of some Chinese illegal miners arrested in Osun on May 4.
On May 4, some 17 Chinese nationals and nine Nigerians were arrested by the Osun State Joint Task Force for illegal mining in the state.The Deputy Chief of Staff to the Osun State Governor, Abdullahi Binuyo, said the illegal miners were arrested following a coordinated sting operation around the Ilesa and Ife axis of the state.
Nigeria has massive mining resources and the federal government says it wants to position the sector to contribute three per cent to GDP by 2025.In April 2019, the government banned mining in Zamfara state, after security forces considered illegal mining to be behind an ongoing spree of violence and kidnapping in the region.
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