The Lagos State Government has announced its intention to ban all sand mining activities by April 30, 2018, with a view to forestalling flooding and continual degradation of the State ecosystem.
Commissioner for Energy and Mineral Resources, Olawale Oluwo who disclosed this today at a meeting with miners and other stakeholders held at Adeyemi Bero Auditorium, Alausa, said that the State government has, however, granted the miners a 2-month reprieve to wind up their mining activities before enforcement of the ban.
He said, since January 2016, the State Government through the…
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