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Apr 08, 2019· "What is happening in Zamfara is illegal mining, the gold is smelted locally and ferried to Dubai through the local gold merchants in our markets.

In Zamfara State, the once bubbling gold mines have now become shadows of their former selves following series of deadly assaults on the sites by armed bandits Recently, armed gun men stormed ...

Key words : Gold mining, Environmental and negative effect of gold mining, Heavy metals, Lead poison in Zamfara state. 1 Introduction 1 Gold mining has been identified as one of the human activities which may impact negatively on the quality of the environment. As for many local communities around the

Local gold mining in the state is an agelong tradition in view of the abundance of the natural endowment in the state, which is additionally blessed with other previous stones. ... banned mining ...

THE National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Tuesday commenced a fiveday training of 120 local miners from four local government areas in Zamfara on safer and legalised mining Speaking at the opening ceremony of the training in KauraNamoda, the State NDE Coordinator, Mr Muhammad Alhassan said the training was organised in collaboration ...

THE National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Tuesday commenced a fiveday training of 120 local miners .

Jun 13, 2019· The breakdown of authority at the local and state levels has created the enabling environment for the emergence of a complex informal security sector in Zamfara. Competing and rival armed and criminal gangs operate freely in the state in the name of vigilantism.

Apr 09, 2019· IGP Visits Zamfara State . The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has visited Zamfara State over the suspension of mining activities and to ensure compliance of the directive.

11 November 2011 The mass lead poisoning from mining activities in Zamfara State in Nigeria, which was discovered in March 2010, continues to affect villagers in three Local Government Areas (LGAs): Anka, Bukkuyum and Maru. While the full scale of the problem is still not fully determined, a ...

Zamfara is a state in northwestern capital is Gusau and its Governor is Bello Matawalle, a member of the People''s Democratic Party (PDP). Until 1996 the area was part of Sokoto State.. Zamfara is populated with the Hausa and Fulani peoples. Major groups of people are the Zamfarawa mainly in Anka, Gummi, Bukkuyum and Talata Mafara Local Governments areas.

Federal Government on Sunday banned mining activities in Zamfara State and ordered foreign firms operating mines in the area to leave within 48 hours or have their licences revoked. The Nigerian government said it took the action following discovery of strong link between the current spate of massive killings, banditry and kidnapping in the region [.]

Zamfara is rich in gold. Unfortunately, mining gold in Zamfara is unstructured, largely informal and illegal. Artisans, most of whom are unskilled, are in charge of the extraction, purification ...

Apr 22, 2019· The mass lead poisoning from mining activities in Zamfara State in Nigeria, which was discovered in March 2010, continues to affect villagers in three Local Government Areas, namely, Anka ...

Dec 27, 2018· A former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Dennis Amachree, has attributed the major cause of killings in Zamfara State to illegal mining .

The Miners Association of Nigeria, says it will comply with the directive by the Federal Government, to suspend all mining activities in Zamfara within 48 hours. ... both local and foreign.

NDE Commence Training of 120 Local Miners In Zamfara. The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Tuesday commenced a fiveday training of 120 local miners from four local government areas in Zamfara on safer and legalised mining.

Zamfara State is mainly populated by Hausa and Fulani people, with some members of Gwari, Kamuku, Kambari, Dukawa, Bussawa and Zabarma ethnic communities. Others include the Igbo, Yoruba, Kanuri, Nupe and Tiv. The state capital is an important commercial center with a heterogeneous population of people from all over Nigeria.

You guys act like illegal mining in Zamfara is a new phenomenon. There was lead poisoning in 2006 due to illegal gold mining. The link between illegal mining and bandits were already known. There''s a front page story on it posted 2018. Buhari''s administration cracked down on illegal miners.

The trenches dug for these mining activities are abandoned after the mining is over. They therefore become death traps and easy entry points for devastating gully erosions. As was in the case of the communities in Zamfara State, many of these mines are contaminated with impurities. In this case, gold ash was intermingled with deposits of lead.

Mar 01, 2012· It is a pattern seen in various parts of the world — children being sickened from exposure to lead from mining activities. But the scale of the problem in Nigeria''s goldmining region of Zamfara is unprecedented: More than 400 children have died and thousands more have been severely poisoned by exposure to lead dust.

Apr 17, 2019· ZAMFARA gold miners war of exgenerals and politicians is a threat to stability and development. More than 5,000 people have been killed in five years. Then the Federal Government suddenly woke up ...

The Miners Association of Nigeria, says it will comply with the directive by the Federal Government, to suspend all mining activities in Zamfara within 48 hours. Alhaji Kabir Kankara, the National President of the association made this known in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. ... both local and foreign.

The federal government decision to ban all mining activities in Zamfara state over the violent attacks by bandits will drive away thousands of artisan workers registered under over 300 mining ...

Impact of mining activities on ground water quality status, Dareta Village, Zamfara, Nigeria *1Udiba Udiba. U., 1 Bashir Inuwa., 1Akpan Nsikak. ... Zamfara State, Nigeria, has a lot of untapped mineral resources. The natives tap these minerals crudely with so many
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