₦airaland Forum

The President is required to authorise any intervention in writing, stating its grounds, duration and territorial scope, while notifying the Governor, Speaker of the State House of Assembly, National Police Council and National Assembly within 48 hours.

like how dem remove Fubara from rivers ?

how many lanes sef ?

all nonsense. sharia dey cause problem

the worst politicians. na so awo and adetola crisis cause coup

all d time dey wan impress us with pictures but they are just low lives

clockwisereport:
And Wike, Soludo and Emir Sanusi's children graduated from UK universities

first time i dey hear of this corps. dem no touch am too

The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate allegations of financial misconduct, operational irregularities and the legal status of the Mining Marshals, including claims that more than N2bn was traced to the bank account of one of the unit’s State Commanders.

The decision followed the adoption of a motion sponsored by Mr Abdulmaleek Danga, who raised concerns over the activities of the specialised security outfit established to combat illegal mining across the country. Leading the debate, Danga recalled that the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Interior, inaugurated the Mining Marshals on March 21, 2024.

The unit comprises over 2,200 personnel drawn from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and was established under the provisions of Section 3 of the NSCDC Act and the Nigerian Minerals and Mining Act, 2007. He said the Marshals were created to secure mining sites, combat illegal mining, curb banditry in mineral-producing communities and protect government revenue from the solid minerals sector.

However, the lawmaker alleged that the unit had deviated from its core mandate. “The House is concerned by reports indicating a deviation from this mandate, characterised by allegations that the Mining Marshals lack deep operational knowledge of the mining sector, resulting in the wrongful apprehension and harassment of legitimate mineral title holders while misrepresenting these actions to the public as successful crackdowns on illegal operators,” Danga said.

He further drew the attention of the House to what he described as “grave allegations of financial impropriety” within the unit. “The House is also concerned by grave allegations of financial impropriety within the unit, specifically the reported discovery of over N2bn in the bank account of a State Commander of the Mining Marshals,” he said.
According to Danga, rather than subjecting the officer to prosecution or disciplinary proceedings, the commander was allegedly redeployed, a development he said had fuelled public suspicion of compromise within the unit.

“The House is worried that instead of a formal judicial inquiry, prosecution, or internal disciplinary action, the said Commander was merely redeployed, fuelling allegations that the Marshals are being compromised by affluent illegal mining syndicates,” he stated.

The lawmaker also questioned the transparency of the unit’s finances, citing the procurement of operational vehicles without what he described as a clearly identifiable legislative appropriation or budgetary provision. “The House is disturbed by the lack of fiscal transparency surrounding the unit, notably the recent procurement and allocation of operational vehicles to the Marshals without a clear record of legislative appropriation or budgetary allocation from the parent agency, thereby exposing the unit to extrabudgetary expenditure,” he said.

He warned that the alleged operational and financial lapses could have far-reaching implications for Nigeria’s economy. “The House is convinced that these operational and financial anomalies directly undermine Nigeria’s economic interests, resulting in mineral revenue leakages, heightened insecurity, and a deterioration of investor confidence in the solid minerals sector,” Danga added. Following the adoption of the motion, the House mandated its Committee on Solid Minerals Development to undertake a comprehensive investigation into the operations of the Mining Marshals nationwide. The committee is expected to determine whether the unit is operating within its legal mandate, investigate allegations of corruption, including the reported N2bn linked to a former State Commander and any similar cases across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, and examine the source of funding for the procurement of operational vehicles and other expenditures. Lawmakers also directed the panel to scrutinise the legal framework establishing the unit, its organisational structure and compliance with existing laws, with a view to recommending an internationally recognised and legally compliant security model for protecting mining assets.

The committee was given four weeks to conclude its investigation and report back to the House for further legislative action. The Mining Marshals were launched in March 2024 by the Federal Government as a specialised security outfit to strengthen the fight against illegal mining, a longstanding challenge that has deprived Nigeria of substantial revenue, fuelled environmental degradation and contributed to insecurity in several mineral-rich communities.

Illegal mining has remained a major concern in states such as Zamfara, Niger, Nasarawa, Plateau and Kaduna, where criminal networks have been accused of exploiting the country’s mineral resources while evading regulatory oversight and tax obligations. The Federal Government has repeatedly identified the solid minerals sector as a key component of its strategy to diversify the economy away from dependence on oil revenues.

Source https://punchng.com/reps-probe-n2bn-linked-to-mining-marshals-commander-funding-of-special-unit/

the worst person ever. a man that lies like a dog

fraud

the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation had 12.

even oga office

if you don't punish them, they will continue this nonsense

na lie. how e comot containment?

shaboti:
of course they did, classic PR move

na lie. how e comot containment?

Princedapace:
Exactly marketing stunt.

but we never reach end

to be jobless, and only foreigners are getting jobs, you go become angry. the killing is bad but their govt should pass laws

na just scam
funds would have been diverted

SatanIsAllah:
You didn't need a crystal ball to see this coming.

There is literally nearly a century's worth of geological prospecting reports and geophysics data which categorically confirms that the crude oil reserves in the so called Northern Basins do not exist in commercial quantities. Yet they continued pouring billions of dollars into searching for something that doesn't exist.

Imagine pouring $3 billion down the drain for oil exploration only to discover a paltry 1 billion barrels in the entire Northern Nigeria! Compare that with 40 billion barrels in the Niger Delta region alone. There are small oil fields in the Niger Delta region that holds more crude oil reserves than the entire Northern Nigeria.

Do they think the international oil industry will be as gullible as Nigerians and not do risk assessment? You think a negligible 1 billion barrels coupled with insecurity of ISWAP, Ansaru, Boko Haram , Lakurawa etc will attract foreign investment into the oil blocks of Northern Nigeria?

This is what happens when sentiment prevails over economic pragmatism.

“The outcome of the licensing round was not surprising. Virtually all the blocks located outside the Niger Delta attracted little or no interest from investors. The way these frontier blocks have been partitioned raises serious concerns. Many of the acreages are simply too small to support meaningful exploration activities, with some covering barely 100 square kilometres. For a capital-intensive and high-risk business such as oil exploration, such block sizes are commercially unattractive,” he said.

According to him, the entire approach appeared driven more by political considerations than commercial realities.

He argued that investors were unlikely to commit millions of dollars to highly speculative assets where the government had failed to provide adequate seismic and geological information capable of reducing exploration risk.

everything under buhari was fraudulent and opaque. people dey run

the man be like regular person

Richtaiwo:
I don't understand. Is it that these policemen don't know who the ICPC chairman is?

i think he was alone

Fekumzi123:
You can see Tinubu and you won't know he's the one. Especially where you don't expect to see him with little disguise.
You think ICPC chairman don't like his life.
If he's not with security, those guys can kpai him for his possessions.
Give them the money first, later you can use your power to retrieve it.

this zelensky should go away and stop all this nonsense suffering

e no go happen

this is how they continue corruption. show their faces.

tinubu dey mosque

iwaeda:
Please protect Kwara my state.

iran no dey learn

90k gazans died.
trump no care even if 10k die

people forget

hunger too much. unemployment too much. na foreigners dey get employment so they are angry

SEGLIZ:
I said this somewhere but someone told me they owe us nothing irrespective of our contribution.

fix your country and stop leeching

“At approximately 2.40 am, shortly after Gen. Useni left, Abacha’s girlfriend, an Igbo lady (name withheld), arrived at the Aso Rock Guest House from the Nicon Nogs Hilton Hotel. With her was her younger sister, a pharmacist who was in Abuja for a conference. The Head of State had just bought his girlfriend a new SUV, and they decided to stop by to say hello to “ Oga.” “Abacha was taken with the younger sister, and after a short while, the girlfriend returned to the hotel, leaving the pharmacist alone with the Head of State. At about 4.05 am, as they were getting intimate

two sisters !

with the amount we dey owe, you go see impact for ground

you mean egypt and ghana too?
na voodoo ooo

Sellfish:
France's present coach did well enough..

Not like Tuchel who threw the England team under the bus with his questionable Haram tactics in that semi final game with Argentina

Yamal no get anything

overhyped cheater

FIFA and their scams again. they wan european for best player. Even Noni Maduekwe played better than this Rodri

robosky02:
A player with Zero contribution?

The pecking order should have been

Mbappe

Messi

Dembele

Bellingham


Yamine lamal