After more than five years of security restriction, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the lifting of the ban on mining exploration activities in Zamfara State
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake who disclosed this at the weekend in Abuja said the decision was informed by the significant improvements in the security situation across the state.
Federal government in April 2019 announced a total ban on mining activities in Zamfara state and its environs due to the escalating security concerns, particularly the links between banditry and illegal mining, as well as a measures to restore peace to the state.
Addressing newsmen on the new development, Alake said the nation has a lot to gain from reawakened economic activities in a highly mineralised state like Zamfara that is imbued with vast gold, Lithium, and copper belts.
Admitting that the previous ban was good intentioned, the Minister noted that the policy however created a vacuum exploited by illegal miners to fleece the nation of its resources.
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