The Ogun State Government said Governor Dapo Abiodun’s Executive Order creating the Mineral Resources Agency is aimed at protecting those resources in its domain and entrench decency and sanity in the sector, for the common good of the people in the State.
It said the Agency was set up for mineral identification, geological mapping of the state, and data banking, in line with item 39 of the exclusive legislative list regulating mining activities in Nigeria.
Special Adviser to Governor Abiodun on Media and Strategy, Hon. Kayode Akinmade, given further clarification on the restraining order of government on Mining mineral resources in the State, today noted that while only the Federal Government can regulate mining activities across Nigeria, the mineral deposits are in States, and the mining activities occur in those States.
According to Akinmade, the newly created Mineral Resources Agency will interface with other MDAs to avoid clashes in future land allocation and ensuring that prospective mining sites are preserved and uninhibited for investors who, if interested, would eventually approach the Federal Government for mining and licences and operation.