Despite the huge natural resources in Nigeria, poor management has had a profound impact on the economy, leading to missed
opportunities for growth and development. opportunities for growth and development.
The country also has about 44 minerals in commercial quantities. South Africa generates 42000MW via coal-fired plants compared with Nigeria which generates less than 5,000MW for about 200 million people. Assistant Chief Geologist, Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Investment Promotion and Mineral Trade Department, Fatima Maikore, said to achieve sustainable development, good public management of the nation’s natural resources must become a central agenda.
He said data availability and reliability are among the biggest challenges to understanding and planning in the African mineral sector. In Nigeria, specifically, data is unavailable for the sector’s contribution to the national fiscal pot, the employment index, export receipts, and general participation in both the formal and artisanal sub-sectors.Before flagging, please keep in mind that Disqus does not moderate communities.
A federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted the former Commander of the Force Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, two weeks’ bail after 27 months in detention. Kyari is expected to conclude his mother, Yachilla Kyari’s burial rites. A mother of two children, Margaret Oyibo Atayi, has allegedly killed herself following a prolonged rift with her husband. Margaret, who hailed from Ugbokolo Local Council of Benue State, was found dead three days after she was declared missing by her family members.
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