The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi has conveyed his pain over the non-certification of the national Geo-science research laboratories in Kaduna State by the International Certification Organisation.  He said Kaduna laboratories should get international certificate because about 80 percent of mining activities were carried out by artisans miners, hence the concern of the ministry is to ensure their safety and the safety of the environment.
 
The ministry was working with the Ministry of Environment on the environmental safety, it believed that partnering with Australia, with its hugely successful mining sector, would help the Nigerian government’s quest for safer mining practice.

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