This is in response to the recent pit collapse that occurred during illegal mining operations in Gashaka-Gumti National Park.
The minister proposed enhanced trade relations between Nigeria and the UAE, particularly regarding solid minerals, to stop illegal activity.
The Osun State Government charged the company with unethical business practices, and tax evasion amounting to $1.9 million. .
Dele Alake, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, has restated President Bola Tinubu’s commitment to improve the welfare of senior citizens in the country.
The minister said mining operations in the area had been banned as part of measures to fish out the perpetrators of the bandits.
The minister said the operation, led by the commander of the mining marshals, Attah Onoja, also resulted in the arrest of seven suspects.
The new rates include an increase in mining lease licences and royalty rates of minerals, particularly lithium, kunzite and gold.
“It is not acceptable for millions of dollars to be spent on power and then we have them vandalised.”
Thirty people were said to be trapped in the pit at a mining site operated by African Minerals and Logistics Ltd.
The Mining Marshal Corps, inaugurated on March 21, was drawn from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to combat illegal mining.
