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The Commander of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Mining Marshals, John Onoja, has said that the country’s mineral resources should not beryllium a curse but a blessing.
He made the connection connected Thursday during a sojourn to Kogi State.
Onoja, portion conveying the connection of the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, and the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Professor Ahmed Abubakar Audi, urged the radical of Ankpa, Kogi State, to clasp morganatic mining by partnering lone with duly licensed mining companies.
He advised big communities crossed Nigeria to instrumentality vantage of the Federal Government’s regulatory model by reporting immoderate licensed mining institution that fails to comply with its Community Development Agreement, CDA.
“The mineral resources with which Ankpa has been blessed should not go a curse to the people. Following our engagement with the accepted council, anyone who continues to prosecute successful amerciable mining volition beryllium sanctioned successful accordance with the provisions of the law,” helium said.
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