Tag: Solid Minerals
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FG generates N1.137tn from solid minerals 2007-2023 – NEITI report
The Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) said the solid minerals sector contributed ₦1.137 trillion in direct payments to various government levels from 2007 to 2023.
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We’ll work with governors to properly harness solid mineral resources – Alake
Dele Alake, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, has noted that the Federal Government, is making frantic efforts to work with state governments to properly harness Nigeria’s solid mineral resources. The media personnel cum Minister made this disclosure when Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State paid him a courtesy visit on Friday in Abuja. He…
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Why I was drafted into the Solid Minerals ministry – Dele Alake
Solid minerals minister, Dele Alake has revealed why he was drafted into the ministry by Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. He noted that many people expected that the president would make him the minister of information due to his background, expertise, and track record in perception and information management.
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FG earned N52b from solid minerals in 2017
The solid minerals sector contributed N52.75 billion to federation revenue in 2017, a 21% increase on the N43.22 billion contributed by the sector in 2016. The information and data followed an independent reconciliation of company payments and government receipts in the sector by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) in its latest report released…
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Ogun produced highest tonnes of solid minerals in 2018 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has disclosed Ogun produced the highest tonnes of solid minerals in the country in 2018. The NBS disclosed this in its State Disaggregated Mining and Quarrying Data for 2018 posted on its website. The bureau said the state produced 16.49 million tonnes of solid minerals, representing 30 per cent…