Kebbi gov moves to revive mining activities, woo investors

 

By our Reporter

In a determined effort to diversify economy and  woo investors to the state, the Kebbi State governor, Dr Nasir Idris has carried out an inspection of mining sites at Warrah and Birnin Yauri in Ngaski and Yauri local government areas of the state. 

Speaking over the weekend during the tour, the governor said that it was part of efforts to revive mining activities in the respective areas apart from diversifying the revenue base of the state.

He noted with satisfaction that Kebbi State has multiple sources of revenue besides farming, hence it remained one of the major contributors to national food security.

The governor said: “The present administration is ready to holistically revive mining activities in the state to attract investors and also boost the internally generated revenue of the state.

“I want to use this medium to charge the youth engaged in the mining activities to be law-abiding and to ensure that any newcomer to the area is identified by community leaders to avoid any criminal tendencies”, Alhaji Ahmed Idris, Chief Press Secretary to the governor quotes him as saying at the occasion.  

Conducting the governor round the area, the Chairman, Ngaski Local Government Area, Alhaji Abdullahi Buhari-Warrah said that mining activities had been going on in the area for a very long time.  He, however, said that some miners have abandoned the business.

The chairman expressed delight that the new administration under governor Idris  was ready to revive and formalise the business in the areas.

Buhari-Warrah assured the governor that the council was ready to extend all the necessary support to what he described as gigantic efforts to diversify the state’s IGR. 

Those in attendance are Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Yakubu Bala Tafida; Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Abubakar Chika;  Commissioner for Solid Minerals and Mine  Development, Haliru Mohammed Wasagu; Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Kuderate Shuaibu; Special Adviser on Mine, chairman of Yauri and Shanga local government areas.