(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has stated that miners and operators in the sector are owing the Federal Government more than N2 trillion. In view of this, Alake stated that the present administration of President Bola Tinubu is keen to stop the activities of illegal miners across the country.
Alake, who was represented by the Acting Zonal Mines Officer, North-West Zonal Office, Kutman Hosea Ali, directed the special mines taskforce activated in Kaduna State to clamp down on illegal miners and nonpayment of royalties which must be paid monthly as well as other taxes to the Federal Government.
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has said that miners and operators in the sector owed the Federal Government more than N2 trillion.