Curtailing Illegal Mining Activities – Govt’s Response

[Shola Sholaz]

In furtherance of the effort of the government to curtail the nefarious activities of illegal miners in the country, the Ministry of mines and Steel Development has purchased and distributed six surveillance vehicles to enhance the monitoring activities of mines officers at the mines sites of the country.
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The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc Musa Mohammed Sada, commissioning the six surveillance vehicles, said that the vehicles which were purchased at the rate of 8.5 million naira each, can access mines sites which other vehicles cannot get into. The minister pointed out that "the purpose of the vehicles was the fact that they were standard mining vehicles anywhere in the world, and there was the need to have one in each state of the federation to ensure proper monitoring".