groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province who boasted that Chinese workers in their territory must pay “rent.”

Chinese mining bosses in Zamfara and Katsina “are perfectly willing to pay off whoever needs to be paid off and have no qualms about it and are allowed to carry out operations,” SBM head of research Ikemesit Effiong told The Times.

The Chinese embassy in Nigeria objected to the report but sought to distance itself from the actions of Chinese individuals.

“The Chinese government, as well as the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria, have always encouraged and urged the Chinese companies and nationals in Nigeria to abide by the laws and regulations of Nigeria, and to implement the local rules and guidance on labor, environment, health and safety, etc., and would continue their efforts in this regard,” it said in a statement on April 17, 2023.

China has a massive footprint in Africa’s mining sector, with billions of dollars invested. Chinese nationals are heavily involved in extractive operations across the continent, mining for gold, other precious metals and valuable minerals such as lithium, cobalt and copper.

In 2019, China imported nearly $10 billion worth of minerals from sub-Saharan Africa, according to The Economic Times newspaper.

Afilaka is among the local leaders who feel that Nigerians are not receiving their fair share. He also questions how many of the Chinese laborers have permits to work in Nigeria, a common refrain in the communities surrounding mining operations.

“There is a lot of darkness in my land,” Afilaka said. “If you’re coming in here and you’re extracting billions of naira worth of gold, I think the people should benefit from it.”

Ojewale and Onuoha called on the Nigerian government to intensify regulation and protection of its burgeoning mining industry.

“In a country contending with diverse forms of criminality, the involvement of foreign criminals in the extractive sector presents a serious security challenge,” they wrote. “These minerals are among the country’s most critical national assets and should be guarded through a coordinated security response.”

https://adf-magazine.com/2024/02/chinese-gold-miners-fuel-insecurity-in-nigeria/?twclid=26f4ze00v69dxla6nlkz1ye4bj

so much truth here.

The brazen theft of ND resources has inspired a new distrust that's giving these foreigners the space to take resources and vamoose.

The FG should authorize the States to Take over the Gold Mining and only pay the FG Taxes
Let each states Gold reserve finance the state it comes from

Let FG Auditors and State Assembly ensure the funds raised are not mismanged

christistruth01:
The FG should authorize the States to Take over the Gold Mining and only pay the FG Taxes
Let each states Gold reserve finance the state it comes from

Let FG Auditors and State Assembly ensure the funds raised are not mismanged

The states are not serious and very lazy. All they want is federal allocation

Federal government owns ports, Lagos was able to built her own port with agreement with FG

Osun State also collaborates with FG to mine their gold

Some states governments are very lazy and not ready to do anything partly because they know people focus attention on federal government and hardly blame them for anything

Biodun556:


The states are not serious and very lazy. All they want is federal allocation

Federal government owns ports, Lagos was able to built her own port with agreement with FG

Osun State also collaborates with FG to mine their gold

Some states governments are very lazy and not ready to do anything partly because they know people focus attention on federal government and hardly blame them for anything

As if Osun citizens and the state government are not as helpless as many others in Nigeria even with the gold mining.
It's the same exploitation that Zamfara is facing .

InyinyaAgbaOku:


As if Osun citizens and the state government are not as helpless as many others in Nigeria even with the gold mining.
It's the same exploitation that Zamfara is facing .

Exploitation with or without banditry?

christistruth01:
The FG should authorize the States to Take over the Gold Mining and only pay the FG Taxes
Let each states Gold reserve finance the state it comes from

Let FG Auditors and State Assembly ensure the funds raised are not mismanged

e reach north turn na now una remember state should be mining

Have they not be mining already and not giving FG as in Zamfara

They should use same approach for Niger delta oil

We Agbadorians blame bandit buhari for the insecurity and calamity in Nigeria. But we are grateful that our god Tinubu is here to right the wrongs of the past administration.
The righteous govt of APC will turn Nigeria to Dubai within one year.

Propaganda statistics:
PDP Wicked Calamity govt: Rice - N7,000 per bag.
APC Righteous Muslim Muslim govt: Rice - N78,000 per bag.

Una never see anything

LAGBAJA AND EGBETOKUN PLEASE FISH OUT THE CRIMINALS AND SEND THEM ALL TO FIRING SQUARD.

@Mod please push this topic to front page.

Biodun556:


Exploitation with or without banditry?

Kidnappings

COMRADES, when there's high poverty level in a country, lots of illegalities take place

christistruth01:
The FG should authorize the States to Take over the Gold Mining and only pay the FG Taxes
Let each state Gold reserve finance the state it comes from

Let FG Auditors and State Assembly ensure the funds raised are not mismanaged

State will pay, these states were given lots of allocation and they mismanaged it. Nigeria's problems are complex.