The Federal Ministry of Mines and Steel Development has said the country was losing 80 per cent of revenue that would have accrued from the solid minerals sector to illegal mining.
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Olusegun Adekunle, Permanent Secretary, General Services Office in the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, announced this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.
This is part of its fiscal allocations approved by the Federal Government in the year’s budget.
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