Alhaji Mohammed Abbas, Permanent Secretary, Mines and Steel Development, has directe all the Directors of the ministry to ensure full implementation of the Nigeria mining roadmap.
Abbas gave the directive at a two-day sensitisation and retreat for the Directorate level of the ministry in Abuja over the weekend.
He said the directors should collaborate with the Mining Implementation Strategy Team (MIST) saddled with the responsibility of ensuring full implementation of the mining roadmap. to move the sector forward.
“It is compulsory for all the directors in the ministry to collaborate with the team; your contribution will help the team to achieve smooth and successful implementation of the roadmap,” he said.
The 27 team members consist of civil servants, academia and miners.
The team was inaugurated on 2016 with the mandate to ensure that the recommendations in the roadmap were well implemented.
He said the responsibility of MIST was to help in guiding the ministry to implement and achieve the objectives of the roadmap.
Ministry orders directors to ensure full implemetation of mining roadmap
