Sokoto State Commissioner for Solid Minerals Development, Alhaji Isa Tanbagarka, says the government will collaborate with foreign and local investors to exploit the abundant solid minerals in the state.
The partnership will also seek to enable the state to tap into the potential of mineral resources for its socioeconomic development.
He stated this yesterday in Sokoto when he received a team of experts from a consortium, ‘Solid Minerals Development Funds’, led by Exploration Manager, Sheikh Mukhtar.
The visit was to seek the consent of the state government and partner with it in the exploration of the phosphate mineral resources around the Dange-Shuni Local Government Area.
Tanbagarka was optimistic that these efforts would translate into substantial and rapid development in improving the standard of living for the citizens in line with Governor Ahmad Aliyu administration’s nine-point agenda.
He also said: “Traditional rulers must be fully involved in this quest in mining our God-given resource as they know the terrain better”.
Tanbagarka expressed the state government’s commitment to harness and utilise the resources efficiently.
He said: “We will do this proficiently to make solid minerals the next economic power house in the state and the country at large.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting was attended by Aminu Abubakar-Gawo, Permanent Secretary of the ministry and Vikas Dhiman, Engineer in-charge of drilling and a Geologist, Lawal Abdulrahman.
