By Joyce Remi-Babayeju
The Minister of FCT, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello has disclosed that his administration will soon put an end to all illegal mining activities, within the FCT, particularly the Kutasa Gold mining operations because of water contamination and danger to the health of residents in affected communities.
Bello made this known when he paid a courtesy visit to the Federal Ministry of Water Resources in Abuja.
The minister condemned the way mining companies without proper permission from relevant authorities began gold mining operations in Kutasa community in AMAC, adding that such mining activities cause water pollution in affected community.
The minister lamented that without an inkling to such operations in that community, the mining company concerned had entered into agreement with local authorities who granted them a mining lease to prospect for gold in an area in the FCT.
All these are obviously wrong and totally against existing mining policy, he said.
The Minister of Water Resources, Engr. Sulaiman Adamu commended the FCTA for its action regarding the mining activities at Kutasa community.
He said that issues of water pollution emanating from mining activities was of great concern to his Ministry considering the issue of lead poisoning in Niger State as a result of mining activities in 2016.
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