Dr. Kayode Fayemi |
This warning
was issued by the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, in Abuja.
He said: “We are ready to tackle the cartels in the sector and those
who think they can continue will face the maximum wrath of the law”.
He stated that the Mining and
Mineral Law 2007 clearly set out guidelines for the operators in the sector and
this would be strictly implemented to arrest illegalities, adding that the
government would use both legal and political will to combat illegal miners.
In own words: “If you glean through what President Buhari said when he came
into power, every comment is punctuated with preference for solid minerals and
agriculture as areas of interest in his efforts to diversify the economy. So, President
Buhari has put me in his area of interest and I thank him for reposing
confidence in me.”
Dr. Kayode insisted that though
the solid minerals sector currently contributes 0.06 per cent to the country’s
Gross Domestic Products, GDP, the Muhammadu Buhari government had the plan
to raise this to between 5 and 10 per cent before 2019.
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