The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, has planned to work with foremost consulting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), to execute policies under the seven-point roadmap to transform the sector.

Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, who disclosed this, while receiving the PWC partner on mining, Habeeb Jaiyeola, in his office, commended the firm for its role in the just-concluded Nigerian Mining Week and the first phase of the bitumen concession programme.

Alake gave the assurance that the expertise and ideas of PwC would be factored into reforms of the mining sector and implementation of the seven-point agenda.

He said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is focusing on the sector as a game-changer in the bid to reposition the country for lasting prosperity.

Jaiyeola expressed the readiness of the firm to partner with the ministry in achieving objectives of the agenda, which seeks to make the solid minerals a key sector to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the country.

“We summarised our thoughts on the seven-point agenda, looking at it and suggesting how to bring it to life whilst advising on pitfalls and how to avoid them. The major thing is that at the end of the tenure of the administration, there will be key deliverables that can be monitored, and the roadmap on how each of them is going to be achieved and projected. We will be open to further deliberations on how we can proceed by comparing notes,” he said.