FG targets solid minerals to boost economy

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Waziri Adio, NEITI By Edith Ike-Eboh

The Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, (NEITI), Mr. Waziri Adio, says the solid mineral sector, though not being tapped to its fullest, has the potential to grow Nigeria’s economy, create jobs and address a number of social issues.

Adio made this known at the launch of a report designed to enhance the contribution of the solid minerals sector to Nigeria’s revenue and Gross Domestic Product,( GDP) in Abuja on Thursday.

The report is tagged ‘Improving Transparency and Governance in Nigeria’s Mining Sector,’

According to him, NEITI, in launching the report, is seeing how it can bring on board, what needs to be done and how it should be done.

He added that NEITI wanted to go beyond audits and do things that would impact lives of the citizenry.

“There is no doubt that Nigeria has lot of potentials in the solid minerals sector, but having potentials is not enough.

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Source: News Agency of Nigeria