Mbah Seeks More States Inclusion in Solid Minerals Development

    Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has called for more state inclusion in the exploitation of the nation’s solid minerals to enable the nation actualise the sector’s huge potential and help diversify the nation’s economy. Mbah also decried the nation’s huge losses to illegal mining. The governor spoke when he received members […]

 

 

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has called for more state inclusion in the exploitation of the nation’s solid minerals to enable the nation actualise the sector’s huge potential and help diversify the nation’s economy.

Mbah also decried the nation’s huge losses to illegal mining.

The governor spoke when he received members of the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals Development, who were on a working visit to Government House, Enugu, on Tuesday, according to a statement.

“I also think that this Committee’s task is a very important task because solid minerals hold a very huge economic opportunity for this country, particularly when we think of economic diversification.

“I am sure that you would ensure that there is more state inclusion or more state participation in the exploration or exploitation of the solid mineral. Both the national and sub-national governments hold very huge potential. This is why your Committee is of immense importance to the entire country because a lot of these assets are lying dormant or largely left in the hands of illegal miners. And that must end with the work your committee is doing.  So, we seek, as a government, to have more inclusion,” he stated.

Earlier in his remark, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals Development, Senator Ekong Sampson, said Enugu State “holds a strategic place within the minerals landscape of Nigeria.”