Nigeria: Minister Directs New Marshals to Smoke Out Illegal Miners

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, has directed mining new marshals drawn from the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps to smoke out illegal miners and all those who flout the nation's mining laws.

The minister said the newly activated Mining Marshal Corp, which currently has 2,220 personnel, is an inter-agency security outfit established to secure the mining environment. 'Effective intelligence gathering through our state mines inspectorate, harnessing valid data of troubled mining areas and giving the requisite directives for precise operations are necessary factors for coordination of the activities of the marshals.

President Bola Tinubu set up a presidential Inter-ministerial committee on 17 Jan to produce a blue print for securing Nigeria's natural resources, which comprises of mineral sites, marine economy and the forest.

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