Due to the influx of bandits and negative elements in all mining-related activities, the Kogi State Government says it has suspended all mining activities in the state.
Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Bashiru Gegu disclosed this to Journalists after the State Executive Council meeting presided over by the Kogi State Gov. Usman Ahmed Ododo.
He said the ministry will start the profiling of Legal Mining Companies in the state.
“This is to enable the State to have genuine Mining Data”.
“A total clean up of the sector will go a long way in minimizing or eradicating criminalities in totality”.
“The state will work in accordance with the rules of the games and will collaborate with the Federal Mines Officers and the Security Agencies.
“The State will not condone any form of infiltration or illegal mining activities. We implore all the Mining Companies to bear with the State in these circumstances because we must curb insecurity,” Gegu said.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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