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From Charity Nwakaudu, Abuja
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, MMSD, Dr. Mary Ogbe has restated the need for collaboration among the agencies and associations affiliated to the sector.
Dr Ogbe made this disclosure at the first International conference of the Nigerian Association of Exploration Geophysicist, NAEG, held in Abuja, yesterday.
She stressed that mining been the next focus for economic development in Nigeria, can only be achieved through collaboration and team work among agencies.
The PS therefore, called for collaboration and urged participants at the conference to make meaningful use of the opportunity to acquire skills and information that would aid the development of the sector and country at large.
“we need the collaboration of every agency and association of this noble profession mining and geoscience to work with the ministry. As we all know now that the focus is on mining to develop our economy,so we need this synergy to move our country forward.
This type of association and conference is very important as they aid in provision of important skills that would have ordinarily taken a long time to learn. This meeting is very crucial and I employ anyone that is here to make the most of it.”
Also the President of the Nigerian Association of Exploration Geophysicists (NAEG) AKinola George, said the association is like an institution where the practices of exploration geophysics are taught and demonstrated.” Here we are taught in such a way that in the end, we shall be conversant with the understanding of every exploration geophysical expedition before and after collecting the field data for interpretation.
He added that the association was inauguration in March 20,2017 with sixty-one (61) registered members and have grown into 126 as seen in the record of the conference.
