The Sokoto State Commissioner for Solid Minerals Development, Isa Tanbagarka, says the state government will collaborate with foreign and local investors to exploit the abundant solid minerals in the state.
Tanbagarka made this known on Sunday in Sokoto when he received a team of experts from a consortium, ‘Solid Minerals Development Funds,’ led its by Exploration Manager, Sheikh Mukhtar.
The visit was to seek the consent of the state government and partner with it in the exploration of the phosphate mineral resources around Dange-Shuni Local Government Area.
He explained that the partnership would enable the state to tap into the potential of mineral resources for its even socio-economic development, and expressed optimism that the efforts would translate into substantial and rapid development in improving the living standard of citizens.
This, according to him, is in line with Governor Ahmad Aliyu administration’s nine-point agenda.
He, therefore, urged the state traditional rulers to be fully involved in “this quest in mining our God-given resource as they know the terrain better.”
Tanbagarka expressed the state government’s commitment to harness and utilise the resources efficiently.
He said: “We will do this proficiently to make solid minerals the next economic power house in the state and the country at large.”
The meeting was attended by Aminu Abubakar-Gawo, Permanent Secretary of the ministry, and Vikas Dhiman, engineer in-charge of drilling and a Geologist, Lawal Abdulrahman.
