Aliyu promises to revive mining in Sokoto

Governor Ahmed Aliyu of Sokoto State has stated his resolve to revive the mining sector in the state and make it serve the growth projections.

The governor made his resolve known during an interactive meeting with officials of the National Miners Association, who paid him a visit.

Received on his behalf by the Commissioner for Solid Minerals Development, Yusuf Muhammad Maccido, the governor disclosed that a contract had been awarded for the resuscitation of the miners market in the state.

According to him, solid minerals in the state will be mined in such a way that it will add value to the economic projections of the government.

Maccido added that reviving the miner’s markets was a step towards restoring the lost glory of the centre, adding that it would help to coordinate mining activities in the state.

He also disclosed that with the reactivation of the market, the government would be able to keep track of the activities of miners to ensure peaceful management of the sector.

Maccido, who described the interactive meeting as timely, said it would complement his initiative aimed at developing the ministry to enable it to compete with its counterparts in Kebbi and Zamfara states

While thanking members of the association, the commissioner promised to carry them along for him to succeed in his assignment.

In their separate remarks, the national officers told the commissioner they were in his office to congratulate him for his appointment as commissioner for Solid Minerals Development in the state, and assured him of their support to succeed in his new assignment.