By: Maymunah Zubair
The Chairman, State Mineral Resources and Environmental Management Committee (MIREMCO), ๐๐ฎ๐ท๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, Kogi has called for support for the struggling women in mining and Artisanal Miners in Kogi State.
The charge was made today at the two-Day Public Hearing on the Bills to establish the Nigerian Mineral Development Corporation, Solid Minerals Producing Areas Development Commission, Institute of Bitumen Management and also a Bill to Repeal and Re-enact the Explosive Act of 1964.
The Chairman while speaking to the senators at the highlight of the hearing, made a passionate appeal on behalf of ill-equipped women and Artisanal Miners stating that Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining makes up 80 โ 90% of all the Mining in Nigeria and therefore need all the support they can get, if the Nation is to check the loss of revenue through mining.
Reacting to the her appeal was ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ต๐๐ป๐๐ถ who wasted no time at directing the National President of Miners Association of Nigeria, ๐๐น๐ต๐ฎ๐ท๐ถ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ to take charge. He assured Hajiya Suleiman that due consideration will be given to women and registered Artisanal Miners when grants and government intervention funds are allocated.
Speaking further, the chairman expressed admiration of ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ for his tremendous effort in promoting Kogi State among his colleagues at the Senate. She recognised his passion for developing the Solid Minerals sector in Kogi and Nigeria as a whole.
The Public Hearing came to an end wherein the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Mines and Steel Development And Metallurgy, ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ผ ๐๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ pledged to take all the points and suggestions raised by the public for into consideration and onward discussion at the Senate Plenary.
Tuesday, September 14, 2021
Signed :
๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ป๐ข ๐. ๐ ๐ข๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฃ,
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