“Tinubu criminalising poor miners” — Atiku questions 37 deaths in NSCDC custody

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, statesmanlike candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has accused the Bola Tinubu medication of criminalising mediocre Nigerians progressive successful artisanal mining portion demanding answers implicit the deaths of 37 suspected amerciable miners successful NSCDC custody successful Niger State.

Atiku made the allegation successful a connection reacting to a video of a young lad from a gold-mining assemblage successful the state.

He questioned wherefore residents of a assemblage affluent successful golden stay mediocre and conflict to supply basal opportunities, including education, for their children.

“How tin a assemblage sitting upon golden stay truthful mediocre that it cannot amended its children?” Atiku asked.

He said the concern raised questions astir however Nigeria manages its mineral resources and the benefits reaching communities wherever the resources are extracted.

Atiku besides compared the Tinubu administration’s attack with the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative, PAGMI, introduced nether erstwhile President Muhammadu Buhari to formalise artisanal mining.

“Buhari saw radical to formalise. Tinubu sees mediocre radical to criminalise,” helium said.

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