Yakubu Busari, Jos
Minister fo Mines and Steel Development, Kayode Fayemi
The Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bwari, has flagged-off a capacity building training modules for a task force on mines surveillance to create an enabling environment for private investors to partner with federal agencies to curtail illegal mining activities in Nigeria.
Ishaku who represented the minister of state for mines and steel development at the occasion held at the geosciences office of the ministry at Tudun Wada, Jos North LGA of state said the 3- day capacity building training modules is to identify minerals through physical properties and identification equipment during field visit in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Engr Karnap Fenan Wuyep said the world market today is driven by metal capacity building to safeguard the private/public sectors as an autonomous institution and the sole agency regarding all matters relating to mineral titles.
He harped on the role of the metallurgical inspectorate sector for the development of minerals raw material in the metallurgical industry as a step in setting up standards for steel produced in the country.
Wuyep explained that the important of this capacity building training to the following ; NSCDC, Army, Police, Immigration, DSS, Federal Ministry of Health, Ministry of Mines and Steel development including others .
He stressed further that the exercise would ensure the orderly and sustainable development of Nigeria mineral resources and to develop a well planned and coherent program of exploitation of mineral resources taking into account the economic development, ecological and environmental factors.
According to him, the federal government established the procedure for monitoring developments in the solid minerals sector to encourage private investors in mineral resources.
He also emphasised the level of accelerate development of technical and professional manpower required in the mineral sectors and to provide extension services to mining cooperative on exploitation, mineral processing and entrepreneurship training.
