By Martha Agas
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, says that plans are ongoing to increase the number of Mining Marshal Corps from 60 to 100.
The increase would be across the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Alake said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja.
He said that the move was part of efforts of the Federal Government to secure the mining operating environment aimed at attracting Foreign Direct Investments (FDIs) to boost the economic profile of the country.
NAN reports that the Mining Marshal Corps inaugurated on March 21, were drawn from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to combat illegal mining.
The corps has 2,220 personnel, who have been specially trained by the military in modern warfare as a rapid response squad with 60 deployed across the 36 states and the FCT.
“We are looking at adding to the number to get a minimum of 100 in each state from…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
