By George Mgbeleke<\/p>\n
The North Central Zonal Coordinator of Nigeria Mining Cadastral (NMC) Engr. Henry Temidayo Bolawale has said that the Mining Marshal of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has been banned from enforcing and arresting Miners from any Mining site across the country by the Minister of Solid Mineral Mr Dele Alake stating that they still defied the ban.<\/p>\n
Engr. Henry Bolawale made the disclosure while testifying before Justice Mohammed Mohammed nine member Commission of Inquiry when he appeared as a witness in the Commission.<\/p>\n
He stated that in his position as the North Central State Co-ordinator of the Federal Mining Cadastral residing in the state, on his arrival in Niger state,he paid a courtesy visit to all security agencies in the state,including the Niger State Commandant of the NSCDC to solicit for their support toward sanitizing the activities of illegal miners in the state.<\/p>\n
He alleged that the suspended Commandant,and the head of Mining Marshal in the Command,declined to give him the needed cooperation but\u201d they carry out their operations without informing my office.<\/p>\n
He also disclosed that during his arrival in the state he paid similar courtesy visit to the Commissioner of Mineral Resources in Niger State Mallam Mohammed Qasim Danjuma requesting for his Ministry support and cooperation on the need for sanitizing the mining sites in the state<\/p>\n
Also,he alleged that the Commissioner of Mineral Resources in the State and the Mining Marshal of the NSCDC also carryout their operations to Mining Site arresting and confiscating gold and other minerals resource to themselves without giving account of the items seized from the miners.<\/p>\n
\u201c The Commissioner arrested a Chinese National that has his licence to mine in the state. He seized all the minerals he mined to his personal confer. <\/p>\n
\u201c I was called from the office of the Minister of Mineral resources in Abuja,over the arrest of the Chinese. I met the Commissioner to inform him that the arrest of the Chinese is illegal he refused to listen\u201d he stated<\/p>\n
Engr. Henry alleged that the Commissioner knowing fully well that his Ministry \u201c has no any business to arrest Miners without informing my office still partner with the already baned Mining Marshal to carry out their illegal operation across mining sites in M.I Wushishi and Lukoto mining site\u201d <\/p>\n
The North Central Zonal Coordinator of Federal Mining Cadastral told the Commission his office is a regulatory body of all mineral resources which he explained and the state Ministry is aware of our duty in the state \u201cthe Commissioner refused to recognize my responsibility describing the trend as disturbing.<\/p>\n
He disclosed that despite the ban, the Mining Marshall of the NSCDC still went after the miners, arresting them and confiscating their gold and other minerals mined to themselves without making it available to the North
\nCentral office.<\/p>\n
According to the North Central Coordinator, his office has received a series of complaints on the operational activities of the NSCDC Mining Marshall in most of the Mining sites,\u201d I told them that their operational activities on mining site is illegal because they have been baned\u201d<\/p>\n
He told the Commission further that the Minister of Mineral Resources Mr Dele Alake,has severally directed the Commandant General of NSCDC CG Ahmed Abubakar Audi to withdraw the operational activities of the Mining Marshal across the country, \u201cbut they still defied the directive,is only the National headquarters of the Corps that the Mining Marshal under the head of the Marshal ACG Onoja that Mining Marshal is allowed to operate\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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