Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Musa Muhammed Sada
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr. Mohammed Sada, has said that the Federal Government will continue to ensure that high standards are kept in quarry and mining activities in the country.
He stated that the government would ensure that operators in the industry continued to adhere strictly to the government’s prescribed safety and environmental standards.
He spoke on Thursday when he visited KAM Quarry, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
The minister urged operators in the industry to be alive to their corporate social responsibilities by making sure that community development standards are complied with.
According to him, quarry activities must not be injurious to the host and surrounding communities.
He added that they must be accepted by the people while the communities must get value for quarry or mining activities.
He commended KAM Quarry for keeping to approved standards.
Sada said, “The report that I got was that KAM Quarry has achieved certain standards. This industry should be an example for others to copy. Some of the instructions we gave are in the handling of explosives that they use. Because of the insecurity situation in the country, we gave very high standards in terms of storage.
“KAM Quarry is a pure concrete structure. So many people will do it and we will have prob lem with it and we will refuse to approve it. But what KAM Quarry has from the recommendation we have, and what I have seen, they are doing very well in terms of keeping to the standards that we want.”
He stated that the government would ensure that operators in the industry continued to adhere strictly to the government’s prescribed safety and environmental standards.
He spoke on Thursday when he visited KAM Quarry, Ilorin, the Kwara State capital.
The minister urged operators in the industry to be alive to their corporate social responsibilities by making sure that community development standards are complied with.
According to him, quarry activities must not be injurious to the host and surrounding communities.
He added that they must be accepted by the people while the communities must get value for quarry or mining activities.
He commended KAM Quarry for keeping to approved standards.
Sada said, “The report that I got was that KAM Quarry has achieved certain standards. This industry should be an example for others to copy. Some of the instructions we gave are in the handling of explosives that they use. Because of the insecurity situation in the country, we gave very high standards in terms of storage.
“KAM Quarry is a pure concrete structure. So many people will do it and we will have prob lem with it and we will refuse to approve it. But what KAM Quarry has from the recommendation we have, and what I have seen, they are doing very well in terms of keeping to the standards that we want.”
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