Niger State Mine Collapse: Minister vows to enforce miners’ insurance policy

• Condoles With Victims’ Families

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has reaffirmed the Federal Government’s committedness to enforcing security argumentation for excavation workers successful Nigeria.

Representing President Bola Tinubu connected a condolence sojourn to Niger State Governor, Umar Bago, successful Minna, Alake, conveyed the President’s sympathies pursuing the caller excavation pit illness successful Galadima Kogo, Shiroro Local Council.

“I bring the condolences and sympathies of the President to the families of victims, those injured, the full community, and the authorities and radical of Niger authorities connected the excavation pit collapse. It is unfortunate and avoidable. Though we learned the catastrophe was owed to dense downpour, we are committed to intensifying the monitoring of mining operations to guarantee conformity to biology standards.”

The Minister commended the authorities authorities for swiftly mobilising exigency rescue operations successful collaboration with national agencies, stressing that each efforts indispensable beryllium made to rescue those inactive trapped.

To heighten information measures and supply alleviation to miners and their families successful the lawsuit of accidents, Alake declared that security policies for miners crossed the state volition beryllium enforced.

He besides emphasised the Federal Government’s stance that remediation plans indispensable travel mining licence applications, stating that irresponsible mining operations posing threats to the situation and communities volition nary longer beryllium tolerated.

“We indispensable besides enactment successful spot contingency plans to mitigate the interaction of earthy disasters connected mining sites. For instance, making the installation of enactment pillars nether shafts mandatory. This signifier is communal successful different countries,” helium added.

Responding, the Niger State Governor Bago, expressed gratitude to President Tinubu for the condolence sojourn and emphasised the request for a concerted effort betwixt the Federal Government and sub-nationals to guarantee mining companies comply with information standards.

He advocated the strengthening of collaborative measures to heighten periodic monitoring and valuation of the biology interaction of mining operations to minimize recurrence of the unfortunate incident.

Citing the preponderance of commercially viable captious minerals successful the state, Gov. Bago appealed to the national authorities to absorption connected making the authorities the pivot of processing the nation’s mining sector.

It would beryllium recalled that the minig tract collapsed connected Monday, sidesplitting 1 person, portion galore were trapped.

Niger State Police spokesman, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed that 20 persons were initially trapped but six were rescued alive.