Mining: FG pushes NGSA to train more young Nigerians

The Federal Government has challenged the Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA) to expand its graduate training programme to prepare more young Nigerians for employment and business opportunities in the solid minerals sector.
Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, gave the charge at the inauguration of the maiden Post-NYSC Graduate Youth Knowledge Empowerment and Capacity-Building Programme in Abuja.
Represented by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Faruk Yusuf Yabo, Alake said the programme was critical to bridging the gap between university education and the practical skills required by the mining industry.
He said Nigeria’s rich deposits of gold, lithium, iron ore, ba...