FG, PwC partner on solid minerals’ transformation

The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, has announced its readiness to work with consulting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), to transform the sector.

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, made this known during a meeting with the PWC partner on mining, Habeeb Jaiyeola, in his office in Abuja.

Alake, who thanked the consulting firm for its contribution to the mining sector over the years, assuring that the expertise and ideas of PwC will be factored into reforms of the mining sector and implementation of the seven-point agenda.

The minister, according to a statement issued on Sunday by his spokesman, Segun Tomori, said President Bola Tinubu is focusing on the sector as a game changer in the bid to reposition the country for lasting prosperity.

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Presenting the thoughts of PwC on the seven point agenda, Jaiyeola expressed the readiness of the company to partner with the ministry in achieving objectives of the agenda which he said seeks to make the solid minerals a key sector to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to the country.

He said: “We summarised our thoughts on the seven-point agenda, looking at it and suggesting how to bring it to life whilst advising on pitfalls and how to avoid them.

“The major thing is that at the end of the tenure of the administration, there will be key deliverables that can be monitored, and the roadmap on how each of them is going to be achieved and projected. We will be open to further deliberations on how we can proceed by comparing notes.”

The Star