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As part of its oversight functions of close monitoring and supervision of mining activities across the state, Kano Ministry of Solid Mineral and Natural Resources Commissioner, Alhaji Hamza Safiyanu, Tuesday in his office, convened a strategic fact-finding meeting with a high powered delegation from Riruwai Community in Doguwa local Government Area. The meeting according to the Commissioner was organized on the directive of the state Governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf to identify the remote and immediate cause of a lingering disagreement between two different indigenous  community stakeholders particularly what one of the  parties regard as  'poor compliance' to Community Development Agreement (CDA) by Century Mining Company (CMC) in the community and to recommend proper solution accordingly. In a statement signed by the Director Public Enlightenment of the Ministry, Adamu Ibrahim Dabo, said Alhaji Hamza Safiyanu emphasized during the meeting that .....

...Advises LGAs to Enact Bye Laws Against Menace Directs a Quarry Manager to Report to The Ministry.... Farmers across the state have been urged to desist from selling Farmlands to Foreigners and other individuals with questionable identities. In a statement signed by the Director Public Enlightenment of the Ministry, Adamu Dabo Dawakin Tofa, said the appeal follows some reliable reports gathered by the ministry on such trends in some local government areas of the state with particular reference to Shanono local government area. Commissioner Safiyanu Hamza Kachako at an emergency stakeholders meeting Monday, in the office of the local government council Chairman Alhaji Abubakar Barau, pointed out that an action plan designed by the ministry would soon take effect across the state to ensure only formal mining activities prevail. According to him such plans include the operational commencement of a Task Force to ensure overall sanity in the sector. He however urged the Cou...