Nigeria: Saraki Urges National Assembly to Amend Solid Minerals Act

Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology, Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki has called on the National Assembly (NASS) to amend the Solid Minerals Act 2007 to expand access to and registration of artisanal miners.

He said this while receiving a certificate of appreciation in Abuja yesterday from the Terragraphics International Foundation, America "for the exemplary leadership role he has played to see to the completion and the overall success of the Bagega lead poisoning remediation project."

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