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The
Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Arc. Musa Mohammed
Sada has promised to continue to be a good ambassador of
Katsina State and Nigeria as he discharges his duties in the
Ministry.
The Minister made this known
when he received a delegation of indigenes of Mani in
Katsina state
comprising the
traditional chiefs, politicians, youths who
paid him a solidarity visit in his office.
The Minister said “As an
ambassador to Mani and Katsina at large, I will never
disappoint you”.
Arc. Sada disclosed that his
appointment as the Minister of Mines and Steel Development
has made him to discover the vast solid mineral resources
across the states of the country, adding that this
development has made it possible for the Nigerian Geological
Survey Agency to
carry out a Geological Survey
of the mineral resources in Katsina State.
Arc. Sada explained that
mining activities involves funding which could be
facilitated by forming cooperative groups so as to get the
required technical know-how and funding.
Arc. Sada informed the
delegation of the Ministry’s preparedness to come up with an
articulated roadmap for the sustainable development of the
nation’s minerals and metal sector.
He added that the yearnings
of masses for the resuscitation of Ajaokuta Steel Company
Limited could only be achieved with a well articulated
roadmap for the sector.
While expressing his
appreciation for the visit, the Minister said he was
impressed by the large turnout of the delegation and
expressed his readiness to assist the people of Katsina.
He then pledged to make
judicious use of his tenure to reposition the minerals and
metal sector for the socio-economic development of the
country.
In her welcome address, the
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mrs. Elizabeth Emuren
thanked the delegation for the visit and confidence reposed
on the Minister by choosing him for a second term as the
Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by the people of
Mani in Katsina State.
Earlier in his address, the
District Head of Mani in Katsina State and leader of the
delegation, Alhaji Umar Babani Isaa Mani said the purpose of
the visit was to congratulate the Minister on his
reappointment, having done well in the state during his
tenure as the Commissioner of Works and the Minister of
Mines and Steel Development during his first tenure.
He said “we have come to
rejoice with you for coming back as Minister and we know you
had the position
of such before, though for a small time but we saw the
dividends”.
Alhaji Babani solicited for
the Minister’s continued support for the people of Mani and
Katsina at large.
He also expressed optimism
that the Minister would perform optimally in his second
–coming to move the minerals and metal sector forward.
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