The Federal Government has launched the revised mining guidelines for the production of Community Development Agreements (CDAs) in the solid minerals sector.
Dr. Dele Alake, Minister of Solid Mineral Development, led the unveiling on Friday in Abuja at an event hosted by the African Centre for Leadership, Strategy, and Development (Centre LSD), the Ministry of Solid Mineral Development, and the Ford Foundation.
The Minister stated that the federal government was dedicated to ensure that host communities reaped the most advantages from mining operations and activities for local and national economic growth.
According to him, the CDA is a statutory provision that enables the transfer of socioeconomic advantages to mining host communities, as well as a legal instrument containing duties by the Mineral Title Holder (MTH) to her host community and vice versa.
“The mining of mineral resources had significant impacts on host communities, thus the imperative of concerned communities to be carried along in the activities of the sector,” he said.
cc: Daily Post Ng
