The Mining and Metals sector can easily become the largest employer of labour, the minister of Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bawa Bwari has said.

This was contained in the ministers speech at the ground breaking an foundation laying ceremony of Lead and Zinc processing plant in Tongyi, Ebonyi state yesterday.

“According to the National Bureau of Statistics, the Mining and Metals sector can easily become the largest employer of labour, since mineral deposits occur in virtually every part of Nigeria,”the minister said.

He however said for this to happen government must develop the downstream sector through beneficiation in order to increase profits dramatically, and provide more opportunities for employment in mining sites all over the country.

“We are therefore laying emphasis on industrialisation of mining processes as recommended by the African Mining Vision (AMV) whose Roadmap was adopted by the African heads of state in 2009.”

The minister said most of the revenue derived from the sector are through royalties and foreign exchange earnings from the exportation of our mineral resources. He said Tongyi remains one of the foremost exporters of lead zinc in Nigeria, which makes their desire to set up this Concentrate Plant most welcoming.
Source; https://www.miningng.com/mining-sector-can-become-the-largest-employer-of-labour-minister/

Ok

govt of "can", "will", no action. fools fooling themselves

It is the largest employer of labour in many African countries especially for the very poor.

Ok

Also revitalize textile industries and see how unemployment rate will take a dip instead of using the relationship between population growth and growing unemployment rate to confuse us.

where is the nikkel Fayemi said was discovered. as a former employee of a mining company i can tell u the nigerian mining cadastre is very unserious and useless. Illegal mining is rife go to wasse LGA and see nonsense

It can, and what is stopping you from achieving that which you were elected to do?

419 government

BTW, ebonyi state is really moving forward.
The most proactive state in the East.

Umahi is working.

APC Government of Can, we will, we must, .. stupid people always promising big but doing none

it cuts someone's life in half

Where were we where were we're technology is advancing?

The politicians' story since Oby's time.

This is one of the few times am forced to comment on nairaland.
We have a land so blessed with solid minerals, but we chose to lock these minerals under the soil and let our people suffer hunger.

"Mining sector can become..." what nonesense, Make it be. Do it. open your land to investors, create policy and programs to lure investors in.

Today mining is under the exclusive list of the Federal Government, WHY? Federal Govt. should free the states to control these solid mineral resources, give the governors targets to turn out revenues from the minerals on their soil. Let the governors go and woo investors and make money

More can be said, but I will stop here..

Mining! I hope you are not referring to Afonja's mining skulls because it is very lucrative. Lol they will soon call for my head.

Isn't his job is to fix it to be the largest employer of labor?? But he is telling us the masses to do what exactly with the information. Smh

acrobatic:
This is one of the few times am forced to comment on nairaland.
We have a land so blessed with solid minerals, but we chose to lock these minerals under the soil and let our people suffer hunger.

"Mining sector can become..." what nonesense, Make it be. Do it. open your land to investors, create policy and programs to lure investors in.

Today mining is under the exclusive list of the Federal Government, WHY? Federal Govt. should free the states to control these solid mineral resources, give the governors targets to turn out revenues from the minerals on their soil. Let the governors go and woo investors and make money

More can be said, but I will stop here..

it baffles me how our leaders discharge there duties.. States should control the resources.