The minister of solid minerals development, Dr. Dele Alake, declared that the latest deployment to the mining marshals’ outfit underscored the federal government’s commitment to reforming the mining sector.
LEADERSHIP Weekend learned that since the inauguration of the first batch of 2,220 mining marshals in March this year, over 200 illegal mining suspects had been arrested, with 133 prosecutions ongoing. Also, illegally mined minerals had been confiscated and forfeited to the federal government.
The induction of the new operatives brings the total number of specially trained and kitted mining marshals deployed nationwide to 2,570.
