The federal
government
has said it
will build six
solid minerals
processing
plants in the
six geo-
political
zones of the
country.
The Minister
of State for
Mines and
Steel
Development,
Uchechukwu
Sampson
Ogah,
disclosed this
yesterday
during a
courtesy call
on Governor
Godwin
Obaseki in
Benin City.
He said: “The
president
gave us the
mandate to
develop key
solid minerals
which are
coal,
bitumen,
limestone,
iron ore, gold
and zinc
among
others.
“We have
started the
process and
through the
Sustainable
Development
Goals (SDGs),
we have
been able to
attract some
funding and
we are
building six
processing
plants
because what
we
discovered in
the past is
that people
take our
minerals.”
The minister
said each ore
has so many
other
components
but the
miners lose
by selling it
as one
component,
noting that
the
processing
plant for the
South South
zone is being
built in Cross
River State.
On his part,
Governor
Godwin
Obaseki
assured that
his
administratio
is committed
to partnering
with the
federal
government
to come up
with policies
to improve
the mining
sector.
“This
loophole
must be
closed. We
have to work
closely to
check illegal
mining. Once
we legalise
the
operations
and
everybody
understands
the
enforcement,
from the
state
government
to the local
government,
nobody will
go into
mining
without
proper
authorisation,
he said.
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