onyechez:

No , some part of the country has asked for it peacefully in the past but they were treated with lethal force and called criminals. The FG should start from there if they're sincere then the rest part of the country will separate peacefully.

infohenry:
Bunkering is different, why the artisanal miners do the mining, oil bunkerers vandalise some other persons investment and steal from it. Mining licencese can be obtained by any niger delta state or individual like Belema oil did and develop the wells and start drilling.

Blue3k:


Lol in essence get off your butt and take initiative. Zamfara got the license and took advantage of the program in mining like other could of done. Has anyone heard of the federal government denying any state license to do the same thing? If the ss governor have an issue the supreme court will always be there to settle it.

Fraudulent Constitution, written by Fulanis, for the benefit of Northerners and looting of resources from Southern Nigeria.
Nigeria is a FRAUD

infohenry:
Mining license is issued by ministry of mines and solid minerals, like I said oil mining is different from gold, it requires huge capital investment and advance technology, so it is not all comers affair. The government should look into the area of local refineries in the creek and like the artisanal miners, organise them in cooperatives and allocate crude to them for refining in an environmental friendly manner.

AnanseK:


No part of the country has formally asked for separation, but some terrorists Group have been disturbing the peace in a number of communities. No government will tolerate miscreants.

Agbegbaorogboye:


Lol. So you believe those [b]illiterate miners in Zamfara who use local dynamites and pickaxes to mine for gold actually approached a ministry in Abuja for mining license? [/b]Can they even spell mining license? Get real bro

Rugaria:

It actually takes some nerve for a product of a culture full of miscreants to accuse decent folks fighting for their rights of being "miscreants".

AnanseK:


No part of the country has formally asked for separation, but some terrorists Group have been disturbing the peace in a number of communities. No government will tolerate miscreants.

AnanseK:


No part of the country has formally asked for separation, but some terrorists Group have been disturbing the peace in a number of communities. No government will tolerate miscreants.

Rugaria:
If Zamfara "artisanal miners" can be recognized and allowed to operate like legitimate business outfits, "oil bunkerers" in the Niger Delta should also be allowed to operate unhindered. . That means soldiers should stop shooting at local folks that are branded oil thieves for helping themselves with the resources found in their land... Folks from oil producing areas should start oil and gas exploration whenever they want without licenses and sell to NNPC?

Folks, this government is evil! You can see the kind of argeument being churned out to defend evil. Rather than implement the law, Buhari is shifting the goalpost once again! The biggest problem with Buhari is his inherent inability to call a spade a spade, whenever the culprits are from his tribe/zone/party, dude starts to speak in tongues! The man will rather run from pillar to post, Scanvenging for excuses, rather than allow the law take it's full course! Buhari and his likes should never have been anywhere near a presidential house!

oyatz:


1) Are mining and bunkery' the same?

2) There are Indigenes of Niger Delta (sometimes in collaboration with their State Governments) that have license for oil exploration.

3) Artisinal miners operate in ALL States where valuable minerals can be found and the business is centuries old.

Commonsense99:

This is the point, there is no difference between the guy who steals from government oil pipeline without permission and the guy who digs gold for years without permission.

Who gave the artisanal miners licences to dig supposed government gold deposits for decades ? The ministry implicated itself by accepting that PAGMI is just beign formed TO REGISTER artisan criminals who have been having a field day, why attack their Niger delta counterparts?
This is not to say anyone supports such acts , but what is sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.

infohenry:
Funny you, I don't know how they did it but according to news they where organise into groups for the business, I don't work for government, but oil
sector is area of interest to me because is familiar terrain.

Atlas9:


The issue of oil is what is on the table. If the FG has total control of hydrocarbons, why is Zamfara in charge of gold?
Your 'get off your butt' retort is symptomatic of shortsightedness and ignorant of the indomitable nature of the human spirit.
This onesided way of doing things that favours only the north will explode catastrophically, unless the imbalance is addressed. Don't assume that it will continue unchallenged forever.

Agbegbaorogboye:

What is going on is illegal to start with and another example of govt by the north. Don't be deceived. States don't pay money into federation account. They have their own accounts separate for their IGRs. If not, let the MoF show us the receipts for the remittance of the gold purchase by Zamfara govt into the Fed account.

One4me:


#NotMyConstitution

Commonsense99:
how many decades ago was gold discovered in zamfara?

2nd to the last paragraph," the federal government is yet to, or still registering the artisanal miners, they just hastily started it a while ago with PAGMI" ...
The real front men here are the so Called artisanal miners who mines for Zamfara government.
So any body can just grab some mining tools and start digging for gold to sale to zamfara government at giveaway price, to process and sale to CBN ?

why can't there be artisanal oil drillers and refiners in South South? Why call it oil bunkering?

amerengues:
Hmmm

This piece lacks coherence and cohesion. As much as attempt is being made to illuminate on the issue, it hasn’t broached the bone of contention.

It doesn’t capture the issue that led to the eyebrow raised by Oil producing states. Will the government permit the same for Oil regions in Nigeria?

Blue3k:


You guys should read before making this false arguments. They already debunked Zamfara controlling minerals. They applied for a license and were granted by the FG. Its up to you to prove the SS governors denied same type of licenses. If you have a challenge to it to the Supreme court.




You're lying the dont collect tax on behalf on federal government. The remittance payments are published every year. The only reason you dont know is because you never looked for the information.

Chekwume16:
We are talking about permission to drill and you are talking about buying. Are the illegal miners buying to refine and sell or they are mining to sell?

Agbegbaorogboye:

What tax does the state remit to federal govt?
Even the payee, the federal govt collects on behalf of states. So tell me the tax states collect and remit to the federation account

blackpanda:


So joint tax board is for what?

favor914:
only oblivious people would have believed the rumor, the provisions of the constitution is cardinal.

Agbegbaorogboye:

What tax does the state remit to federal govt?
Even the payee, the federal govt collects on behalf of states. So tell me the tax states collect and remit to the federation account

onyechez:

Am talking about the civil war between the SOUTH EAST OF NIGERIA and the federal government in collaboration with the British government.

Blue3k:


All legal mining activity is taxed and accounted for. Cure your ignorance by visiting the NEITI website the publish the remittance from mining industry every year. As I told you before you dont know anything because you never looked it up. I dont understand why people like you have strong opinions on thing you clearly dont have any clue about.

https://www.neiti.gov.ng/index.php/media-center/news/498-nigeria-earned-n69-47-billion-from-solid-minerals-sector-in-2018

Agbegbaorogboye:


What manner of insolence is dis?
How exactly does this prove the legality or otherwise of zamfara gold mining?
Or do you mean the artisanal miners who were selling to bandits were returning profits to the federation account?
This is cheap ignorance!!
You're just clutching at straws.

Blue3k:


Lol stop asking dumb questions. The article clearly states the company received a license to mine gold in Zamfara making them legal. Not all mining is illegal mining either. If you cant distinguish between legal and illegal miners you have no business discussing the topic. It's cear you're very ignorant about the topic dont have the sense to stay quite or enlighten yourself.