Nigerian miners urged to operate legally anywhere

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Dr. Kayode Fayemi, Minister of Solid Minerals

Dr. Kayode Fayemi, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development on Thursday said Nigerian miners could operate wherever provided they were working within the laws of that land.

The minister made the assertion at the two-day conference on Sustainability in the Extractive Industries organised by the CRS-in-Action in Abuja for stakeholders in the extractive industries.

Fayemi, who was speaking against the backdrop of some Nigerians recently caught in the Niger Republic as illegal miners, noted that the Federal Government would not promote such illegality.

“Nigerian government wants our nationals to operate legitimately and legally wherever they are.

“The Nigerian government wants our nationals to operate legitimately and legally wherever they are and if they are not operating legally and legitimately we cannot hold brief for…

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