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Technology to play crucial role in sanitising, maximising Nigeria’s mining sector –Alake

Oladele Alake, Honourable Minister for Solid Minerals Development (l); and Chief Uche Nnaji, Honourable Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, During Nnaji's Visit to Alake in Abuja, FCT聽聽聽Photo: State House

*Dr. Oladele Alake, Minister for Solid Minerals Development, explains the industry relies on considerable technology to sanitise the solid minerals sector in regard to scientific geo-data generation, addressing security challenges, and other ancillary matters I concerning mining value chain in the Nigerian economy

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Dr. Oladele Alake, Honourable Minister for Solid Minerals Development, has emphasised the significance of deploying technology in sanitising and repositioning the mining sector for greater productivity to achieve a substantial contribution to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration.

Alake stated this while playing host to Chief Uche Nnaji, Honourable Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation.

Segun Tomori, Special Assistant to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development on Media, in a statement issued Monday, November 6, 2023, said Dr. Alake noted that the solid minerals sector relies on a huge dose of technology to sanitise the solid minerals sector in areas such as the scientific geo-data generation, addressing security challenges and all other ancillary matters around the mining value chain.

The Minister stated: “For instance, the security architecture that we are rejigging, we are going to inject a large measure of technology into it.

“Where else to go but the science, innovation and technology Ministry, to assist us in this regard, and that’s why my brother Minister has come in and we are consolidating, discussing, and moving the issue forward to ensure that at the end of the day there is synergy in all our operations.”

Alake also said: “That was part of the essence of the ministerial retreat we had last week.

“So the visit is in furtherance of our collaborative efforts to ensure that the solid minerals ministry is a beneficiary of all the innovations that will be pushed out.”

Benefits of tech innovations to mining sector: Nnaji

In his remarks during the meeting, Chief Nnaji affirmed the imperative of partnership to assist the Solid Minerals Ministry to take advantage of innovations that will keep the Minister abreast of activities within the mining sector of the economy.

The Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation also stated: “We have a lot of innovations in Science and Tech.

“We have a satellite approach to what they do in Solid Minerals Ministry such that even on the Minister’s desk here, he can see all the licenses they have issued and be able to monitor whenever there is intrusion into a mining area or someone is mining illegally.

“All these, he will be able to decipher from his desk. That is part of the discussion we have held and how to actually be in consonance with the Renewed Hope agenda.”

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