First Northern Nigeria Solid Minerals Fair holds next week

No fewer than eight federal agencies and 12 state governments have confirmed their participation in the first Northern Nigeria Solid Minerals Fair and Workshop slated for Kaduna next week.

Corporate bodies on board include Bank of Industries, Raw Materias Research and development council, Small and medium enterprises development agency, Nigeria Export Promotion council. The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development as well as the Ministry of Budget and National Planning have also signified support for the specialized fair.

The Fair, the first of its kind in the solid minerals’ endowed north is scheduled to draw attention of relevant stakeholders to myriads of available opportunities in the sector.

The Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, through its letter endorsing the event had expressed hope that it would be a forum to “showcase the products and services in Solid Minerals sector of Nigeria as a means of diversifying the nation’s economy, increase revenue, as well as create job opportunities.”

“The Ministry therefore endorses the event, in view of its importance to the change agenda in the Nation’s quest for transparency and accountability, particularly in the Solid Minerals sector,” the Ministry stated in a letter signed by Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, H. O. Davies.