A MINERAL and Metal Policy to guide activities in Nigeria's mining sector has been approved by the Federal Government.
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday endorsed the policy alongside a memo from the Ministry of Women Affairs on Nigeria 's full subscription to the United Nations (UN) Convention and Optional Protocol on Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The council also approved the domestication of the Convention and Optional Protocol as a law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Information and Communications Minister John Odey, his Mines and Steel Development counterparts, Chief Sarafa Tunji Ishola and Alhaji Ahmad Mohammed-Gusau, who briefed journalists at the end of the meeting, said that the new policy become imperative because the one in use came into existence in 1964.
This article addresses the recent governmental decisions to create new policy regarding Nigeria's mining activities. According to the article, this new policy was necessary because the last time a policy was made was 1964. Also this article asserts that when President Umaru Yar'Adua came into power, he and his administration became aware that there were many things in the government that were "intolerable." For these reasons, the current administration has pledged to make changes which shows the desire to make Nigeria the best that it can be. This article also states that the new policy will focus on it being run by a private sector rather than the government. This shows the faith that the government has in its people by allowing them to control such an important aspect of the nation. This shows the transformation that the new administration is trying to make happen.
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