{"id":30993,"date":"2020-10-10T18:46:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-10T18:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=30993"},"modified":"2020-10-10T18:46:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-10T18:46:11","slug":"cbn-zamfara-have-no-gold-mining-agreement-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/cbn-zamfara-have-no-gold-mining-agreement-govt","title":{"rendered":"CBN, Zamfara have no gold-mining agreement \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u2014Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n<p>The Special Adviser to Governor Bello Matawalle on Media, Alhaji Zailani Baffa, has denied claims that the Central Bank of Nigeria is trading in gold with Zamfara State Government.<\/p>\n<p>Baffa was responding to a lawyer, Mr Joseph Onu Silas, who had reportedly said the Central Bank of Nigeria was trading in gold with the state government.<\/p>\n<p>But in a statement refuting the claims, Baffa said, \u201cThe attention of the Zamfara State Government has been drawn to a shocking and disappointing reaction in the media where a known lawyer displayed ignorance of law regarding the recent revelation made by Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) over mining in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lawyer, Mr Joseph Onu Silas, has accused the Central Bank of Nigeria of violating its constitutional boundaries to trade in gold with the Zamfara State Government. He further accused the state government of claiming to own the gold deposits in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Baffa said the CBN did not enter into any trade agreement with the state government as claimed by the lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cThe fact is that the CBN, just like in agriculture, is willing to invest in mining, as part of its Anchor Borrowers\u2019 Programme whereby the apex bank will invest an amount for the state government to supply it with the gold as proceeds of the investment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is aimed at boosting the mining sector in the country which is within the provisions of the scheme.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baffa further explained that \u201cthe state government is not directly mining the gold by itself\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa Press-Nigeria: The Special Adviser to Governor Bello Matawalle on Media, Alhaji Zailani Baffa, has denied claims that the Central Bank of Nigeria is trading in gold with Zamfara State Government. 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