He said this penultimate Monday in Abuja while receiving the Minister of Environment, Balarabe Lawal in his office.the government is doing this in line with International best practices.
Dele Alake said the government is working hard to limit the adverse impact of mining on the environment.
He said the Federal Ministries of Solid Minerals Development and Environment are strengthening collaboration to ensure that mining operations in the country have minimal adverse impact on the environment, in line with international best practices.
Alake reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to securing mining areas whilst removing impediments to seamless operations and ensuring mining processes conform to global standards of negligible harmful impact on the environment.
He said In his remarks: “Lawal emphasized that issues around security in mining sites and the need to protect the environment from degradation as a result of mining operations dominated deliberations with his host.
Recently, the Minister launched a solid minerals Roadmap intended to take care of the issue of the environment within the limit of tolerable impact on the environment.