The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, MMSD, Dr Mary A. Ogbe, has called for a more robust collaboration between the Ministry and its Agencies towards achieving national growth and development in the minerals and mining sector of the economy.
The Permanent Secretary stated this when she visited the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF); a parastatal of the Ministry; in Abuja, in continuation of her scheduled familiarisation tour of agencies/parastatals under the Ministry.
Dr. Ogbe, in her address, acknowledged and commended the mutual/symbiotic relationship existing between the Ministry and SMDF, which she described as very critical to achieving its mandate for economic diversification of the economy and enhancing infrastructures in the solid minerals sector.
Thus, the Permanent Secretary, affirmed that the Ministry will consolidate and sustain its mutual relationship with the SMDF and its other agencies to enable them actualize their mandates for the benefit of the citizenry and investors.
Furthermore, she commended the Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF) on her modest achievements under the present Executive Secretary.
Earlier in her remarks; the Executive Secretary (SMDF), Hajia Umaru Fatima Shinkafi, commended the support of the Ministry, whch she noted has made reforms aimed at repositioning the SMDF attainable.
While interacting with the media during the visit, the Executive Secretary stated that the essence of Development Fund is to enhance both human and physical capacity in the minerals and mining sector, particularly the mining institutions to enable them perform their statutory functions.
Alaba R. Balogun
Head, (Press & Public Relations)
