The Borno State Government has banned mining activities in the state to curb insecurity in the state.
This comes days after the federal government, through the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, declared that state governments lacked the powers to ban mining activities in their domains.
“State ban on mining activities across the country is a really sore point. And it is a constitutional matter. I want to use this opportunity to get to the Nigerian public that no state, and I repeat, no state has the authority to interfere in mining operations, no state has the authority. It is a constitutional matter,” Mr Alake said at the 2nd pre-press briefing on the 8th edition of the annual Nigeria Mining Week in Abuja on Wednesday.
