President Buhari Received Update From Zamfara State Governor on Gold Mining

President Buhari receives a briefing from Governor Bello Matawalle on Solid Minerals and Mining potentials in Zamfara State at the State House on 25th Aug 2020

President Muhammadu Buhari has been presented with some gold bars and precious stones that were mined in Zamfara state, Nigeria. The federal government is hoping to diversify the Nigerian economy into gold mining.

It is recalled that President Buhari launched the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative (“PAGMI”) on the 16th of July 2020.

The PAGMI is a comprehensive artisanal and small-scale gold mining development programme, launched in 2019 to foster the formalization and integration of artisanal gold mining activities into Nigeria’s legal, economic, and institutional framework.