Kaduna State House Assembly, on Thursday, backed the federal government move to shifts focus from oils producing nation to solid minerals for sustainable and inclusive economic growth. [ad]They also called on the Director-General of the Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office (MCO), Simon Obadiah Nkom, to educate them on the importance of solid minerals so that they can transfer it to the masses for economic development.
.Seeks more enlightenment from Mining Cadastre DG .Vows to eliminate illegal mining .Kaduna heavily endowed with minerals, says Nkom Kaduna State House Assembly, on Thursday, backed the federal government move to shifts focus from oils producing nation to solid minerals for sustainable and inclusive economic growth. They also called on the Director-General of the Nigeria….
The Deputy Speaker of Kaduna State House of Assembly, Magaji Henry Danjuma, stated this in Abuja, when he led members of the Assembly Representing Zone 3, on a visit to the Director-General of the Nigeria Mining Cadastre office, Engr. Simon Obadiah Nkom. He said: “We have been highly educated by the DG on the activities of the agency. As he rightly pointed out we are sitting on wealth but couldn’t tap due to ignorance, so we need to be educated more so that we can adequately use the minerals in our land.
“We all know that the government is shifting from oil to solid minerals and we are in support because the oil sector has been over and it is no longer meeting the demands of Nigerians as it used to.” “Since we represent the people, we would like a situation where we will have vast ideas so that we can educate our people because if the needful is done it will go a long way in reducing the economic challenges faced by the people of Kaduna State.”
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