Pemerintah Federal Nigeria baru -baru ini memperingatkan para penambang ilegal untuk segera mengevakuasi semua bidang pertambangan di negara bagian Zamfara, menekankan bahwa semua kegiatan penambangan tetap ditangguhkan sampai prosedur operasi standar dikeluarkan . Menteri Pinjaman Lokal yang sedang dikeluarkan oleh pemerintah, mengatakan bahwa pemerintah telah melangkahi retaknya di negara -negara yang tidak diketahui oleh pemerintah. Area. He noted that the mining ban of the past six years was supposed to prevent such incidents, but the outbreak of lead poisoning shows that traditional and local agencies are seriously violating the ban by allowing illegal miners to operate in their jurisdictions. Alake stressed that every citizen should abide by laws and regulations and that traditional and local institutions have the responsibility to implement government directives. He criticized those agencies for their failures that led to the current mess. To ease the situation, the report by experts and officials from the Ministry of Mines will recommend specific interventions to prevent future disasters. Alake also commended the Zamfara state government for deploying emergency services to the area and called on the state government to strengthen cooperation with officials of the Ministry of Mines to jointly combat illegal miners and protect the lives of innocent citizens. Alake announced that the Ministry of Mines will soon issue a comprehensive standard operating procedure to guide the resumption of mining activities in Zamfara State. These procedures will cover the situation of existing mining licence holders and new applicants, compliance with community development agreements, and value added and remediation work Untuk merombak industri pertambangan negara bagian . ia juga menegaskan bahwa rencana yang baru saja disetujui untuk menggunakan teknologi satelit untuk memantau kegiatan penambangan di seluruh negeri akan mengakhiri penambangan ilegal dan malpraktek lainnya .
