Speaking during a press conference in Abuja, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, explained that all efforts to formalize unlicensed miners into cooperatives have proved abortive.
Alake further stated that the ministry will review all mining licenses in the country as part of its transformation agenda.
Other transformation agenda listed out by the minister include, formation of the Nigerian Solid Minerals Cooperation, joint ventures with mining multinationals, setting up of mine police/task force, generation of data for solid minerals in Nigeria.
This follows the Minister’s promise to sanitize the solid minerals sector by adopting more stringent regulations to create stability.
