Illegal mining: Bauchi miners seek support from government

From Ahmad Saka, Bauchi

The Nigerian miners Association Bauchi State Chapter has expressed their willingness to partner with the federal government through the Ministry of Mines and Steel Development and to collaborate with the state governments to eliminate illegal mining activities and loss of revenue.
Chairman of the Association Alhaji Musa Santuraki Pali stated this when state officials of the association interacted with newsmen in Bauchi.
He said there is a pressing need for collaboration between the Ministry and Bauchi State government to curtail incidences of illegal mining in the state, which has become an endemic economic crime causing haemorrhage to government’s revenue.
Santuraki sought robust dialogue between the Ministry and Bauchi State government, so as to enhance and sustain its effort to eliminate the activities of illegal miners within the ambit of the law and to help both federal and states to get royalties from the miners.
He said, “ recently we lost four miners in Ningi local government, when they were digging”.