By Onome Amuge
The Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce (NACCIMA), Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) has charged stakeholders and experts to engage in more collaborations to enable strong standard services in the mineral sector.
Auwal Bununu, the technical adviser, NACCIMA mining group,made the call recently while addressing newsmen in Abuja,Nigeria’s administrative capital city.
Bununu emphasised that the collaboration would provide standard services in the sector and also boost the operational performance of its machinery and technical services.
“The public and private sectors of the mining industry should collaborate to provide standard services on mineral, machinery and technical for effective development in the sector.
“It is an important potential of the mining sector to provide Nigeria with more revenue, job opportunities, strengthening the industry and so many others,” he said.
The NACCIMA technical director noted that the association is responsible for implementation of its private sector driven strategy for development of mining and other extractive sectors.
He pointed out that some of the objectives of the association was to ensure the creation of a conducive atmosphere for pursuit of commerce, industry and all other forms of economic activities of interest to private sectors. He added that the association champions the course of business through its advocacy role and influences public policies that promote free enterprise.
”NACCIMA is also aimed at improving mineral and metal trade as well as leakage of the mining sector to other industrial and manufacturing sector of the economy,” he noted.
According to Bununu, the activities of mining in Nigeria has been very cumbersome,and NACCIMA is working with the government to formalise its policy to enhance mining actiivities.
The technical adviser further said that NACCIMA was currently collaborating with the government on policies, licensing, security and payment of royalties.
“If the collaboration with the government will be effective, it will bring more investment into the sector, thereby enhancing development in the country,” he said.
He encouraged the government to cooperate with private sectors to monitor unlicensed miners in the country,while also urging the private sectors to adhere to the laws regulating its activities in the mining industry.
