Women miners charged to work together, harness opportunities in sector
By Gabriel Ewepu ABUJA- WITH the move to diversify the economy via the solid minerals sector by the Tinubu-led administration, women miners have been charged to work together and harness the opportunities in the solid minerals sector. The charge was given by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, MSMD, Dr Mary […]
Mining sector‘ll galvanize Nigeria’s industrialization — Adegbite
Says States not left out of mining devt By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite,on Monday, maintained that the mining sector will galvanise Nigeria’s industrialization. Adegbite stated this in his keynote address at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group webinar on with the theme, ‘New Normal – Opportunities […]
Making the mining sector more business friendly for investors
Olamilekan Adegbite’s appointment as the minister of Mines and Steel Development initially came as a surprise to many in the sector due to his career background as an architect with 35 years of experience in practice. Furthermore, he had just stepped down from being the commissioner for works and housing in Ogun state, in which the consensus was that he did a very good job. His tenure as a commissioner was marked by rapid infrastructure development in roads, bridges and public market. Indeed, not a few had expected him to be given a similar portfolio in the federal cabinet. Hence it came as a shock to many when he was appointed to steer the affairs of Mine and steel Development, a sector in which he was practically a novice. But Adegbite in the last one year has proved to be round peg in a round hole as he has worked tirelessly to turn the sector around. Indeed, many stakeholders in the sector attest to the fact that the minister has made the sector more business friendly for investors to do business.
CODAF flays FG over moves to open more mining sites
Community Development Advocacy Foundation, CODAF, also known as Rural Community Empowerment Initiative, an NGO, has called on the Federal Government to halt proposed plans of opening up more mining fields.
Post COVID-19: FG proposes N2.3trn to boost mining, other sectors
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Olamilekan Adegbite, says Federal Government has proposed N2.3 trillion to boost the mining and other sectors of the economy in post-COVID-19 rescue operations. Adegbite said this in an interactive session with newsmen on Federal Government’s post-COVID-19 plans for the solid mineral sector, on Monday in Abuja. He […]
Adegbite gives hope to artisanal, small scale gold miners
As FG intensify effort to weed out criminality in gold industry By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc Olamilekan Adegbite, Friday, gave hope to Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Miners, ASGMs, for higher productivity and performance in the gold sub-sector. Adegbite stated this at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group, […]
