{"id":152169,"date":"2025-02-21T22:18:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/plateau-suspends-mining-activities-as-security-threat-escalates"},"modified":"2025-02-21T22:18:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T21:18:40","slug":"plateau-suspends-mining-activities-as-security-threat-escalates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/plateau-suspends-mining-activities-as-security-threat-escalates","title":{"rendered":"Plateau suspends mining activities as security threat escalates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has issued an executive order immediately suspending all mining activities in the state.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that the decision aims to safeguard mining sites while a newly inaugurated technical committee verifies the identities of those legally licensed to operate in the sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIllegal mining activities and the security threats associated with them have been on the rise across several local government areas in Plateau State. Additionally, the increasing influx of foreigners into mining regions has exacerbated insecurity, leading to crimes such as rape, banditry, illegal arms possession, drug-related offenses, and kidnapping,\u201d the governor noted.<\/p>\n<p>He further emphasized that the state government will collaborate with the federal authorities to establish appropriate standards and a monitoring framework involving state and local governments, host communities, and mineral rights holders.<\/p>\n<p>A comprehensive security review will also be conducted across all mining areas, ensuring that mineral rights holders contribute meaningfully to the socio-economic development of host communities through well-defined agreements.<\/p>\n<p>The executive order comes into effect on February 21, 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Governor Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau State has issued an executive order immediately suspending all mining activities in the state. He stated that the decision aims to safeguard mining sites while a newly inaugurated technical committee verifies the identities of those legally licensed to operate in the sector. \u201cIllegal mining activities and the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":152168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[7568,2966,254,191],"class_list":["post-152169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-caleb-mutfwang","tag-jos","tag-nigeria","tag-plateau"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Plateau suspends mining activities as security threat escalates - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/plateau-suspends-mining-activities-as-security-threat-escalates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Plateau suspends mining activities as security threat escalates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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