Dasuki Ibrahim Arabi, Director General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms BPSR, said if local mining is expanded, there would be more jobs for the mass of unemployed youths in Nigeria.
Arabi, stated this in Abuja during a lunch-time reform seminar organized by the Bureau, themed, ‘The Role and Contribution of Solid Minerals Development Fund in Job Creation and Diversification of the Nigerian Economy’, noted that Nigeria, as a nation, is blessed with both human and material resources.
Delivering his opening remarks, Arabi said Nigeria must get down to exploring all of its solid mineral resources and ensuring that they are exchanged for their real monetary value.
“There is no gainsaying that the country will achieve a staggering growth rate if it harnesses its material resources.
“This suggestion comes on the heels of the fact that Nigeria has apparently not been deriving the maximum value that accrues from the exploration and exchange of its highly-priced solid mineral resources”. He said.
He said it is well known that Nigeria’s mineral resources, both solid and liquid, are some of the best in the world, and should as such, amount to real monetary value for the country.
The BPSR Boss, however, cautioned that accountability and transparency must strictly be applied in keeping proper records of the exploration and exchange of the said solid mineral resources, to curb the spate of financial recklessness.
