The Chairman of Mining and Solid Minerals Group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), Mr. Babatunde Alatise has raised the alarm that the absence of effective policy in Nigeria's mining sector and the obsolete Mining Act of 1964, which governs explosives, are threatening operations in the extractive industries sector.
Speaking to journalists in Lagos at the weekend, Alatise also said the absence of effective template for community engagement had the potential to fuel crisis as different communities make frivolous demands.
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