Mining minister calls for adequate funding for steel sector

Mining minister calls for adequate funding for steel sector

Bymajorwavesen

Daniel Terungwa The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, has requested the National Assembly to allocate more funds to the steel sector to enable it to create more jobs for Nigerian youths and increase its contribution to the country’s revenue. According to him, “government, having identified the huge opportunity emplaced therein, envisages the…

Discoveries could spur bolder Nigerian mining industry plans – Minister
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Discoveries could spur bolder Nigerian mining industry plans – Minister

ByJerome Onoja Okojokwu-Idu

Nigeria’s ambitious plans to expand its non-fuel minerals sector are becoming more deeply meshed with the country’s strategic industry development agenda, minister of state Abubakar Bawa Bwari has told Mining Journal, as the Muhammadu Buhari government tries to build real longterm prosperity and jobs for the massive youth element of a population that could be…