For years now, Nigeria’s mining sector has been at the mercy of illegal miners who took advantage of loop-holes to carryout criminal activities and deprive the country of revenue running into billions of dollars. To curtail this menace, President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019, inaugurated the Presidential Arti-zanal Gold Mining Development Initiative .At the presidential villa in Abuja on Wednesday, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Uche Ogar, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Solid Mineral Development Fund, Fatima Umaru Shin-kafi met with President Buhari to give an update on their work so far....CONTINUE READING
