The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr UCHE OGAR, has said that five billion dollars in gold was illegally smuggled out of Nigeria between 2012 and 2018

This he disclosed when President MUHAMMADU BUHARI met with members of the Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Development Initiative at the State House in Abuja.

Dr. OGAR led the delegation and he immediately exposed the discrepancies in the sector.

At the meeting, the President directed the authorities of PAGMI to provide a six-month progress report on the Solid Minerals Development Fund, designed to capture accruals from investments.

Addressing the Steering Committee and Management Team of PAGMI, BUHARI noted that the directive is to further ensure probity and best practice in the mining sector.

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