Towards safer mining environment

Odunsi identified two types of mining: the harmful and the harmless. He noted that mining is harmful, if it endangers the lives of miners or dilapidates the environment, but harmless when it leads to safety of miners, sustainability of the environment and generation of revenue to economy. He told some journalists that the project was informed by the increasing rate of heavy lead and mercury poisoning associated with gold mining, especially in Zamfara State, which had led to the death of about 400 children
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