“These miners are illegal. Government did not give them permission to do this, they are economic saboteurs. This cannot happen anywhere else in the world and we will not allow it anywhere in Nigeria. We do not want these miners,” Mr. Fayemi told the security agents.
He noted that mining countries in West Africa faced similar problems such as illegal mining from both local and foreign miners, adding that the issue would be deliberated upon holistically during the programme.
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The dam area became a beehive for tin miners sometime around 2013 following the discovery of tin while the construction of the road that leads to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) was on.
“In Awe Local Government Area of the state, we have deployed only 25 personnel but our target was to deploy above one hundred because of the trouble that is coming up between Dangote Group of Companies and other partners,” he added.
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The lawmaker said the mining and solid mineral sector was a multi-billion naira sector that was being undermined by the activities of illegal miners.
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