He said this at the launch of the Solid Minerals Machinery and Equipment Development Institute in Nasarawa on Saturday.
“President Muhammadu Buhari is committed to making sure that our economy is diversified. The reason for this is that we cannot continue to import into our country, the things that we can indeed produce by ourselves. The Governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Al-makura, said SOMMEDI was one of the results of the good relationship between Federal Government and Nasarawa State Government.
Haruna said “the institute is also to provide the enabling environment for sustainable industrialisation of the mining and solid minerals sector and to transfer developed technologies to manufacturers, mining operators, mineral processors and SMES in the sector. “The institute is to use advanced technologies for material identification and characterisation of minerals.”
Through production of pencils and toothpicks
Let's start with the pencils you promised
Mr. Minister, who couldn't drive the so-called diversification for almost four years. Onu seems to be seeking relevance