Director General DG/ Chief Executive Officer CEO, Nigeria Mining Cadastre system Engr. Obadiah Simeon Nkom, yesterday gave reasons on why the agency revoked 3,400 licenses of some operators of the sector stressing that the victims defaulted and failed to meet up with operational guidelines.
He said licenses were revoked for their failure to meet up with certain provisions and guidelines stipulated by provisions of the law.
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Nkom made the reasons known yesterday while answering questions from journalists in Calabar shortly after delivering a speech at the one day sensitization workshop for stakeholders on the adoption of electronic Mining Cadastre System –eMC Plus.
He stated that the system if adopted is capable of adding value to the sector stressing that the 3,400 operational licenses were between year 2021 and 2022 stressing that registration for operators of the sector can now be done electronically by the operators while sitting at the comfort of their homes via the internet.
He enumerated highlights of the electronic Mining Cadastre-eMC+ to include, online mineral title administration, ease of usage by all stakeholders, transparency in mineral title administration, and ease of doing business in Nigeria Mining sector.
“We have 100% in terms of litigations, with this no one can hold the entire country to ransom.
The CEO maintained that lincenses were revoked particularly if the operator failed to remedy the situation with the period of 30days.
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“We follow those procedures, if the operator doesn’t complete anything we are doing, we are doing it in line with the law, it’s the reason we have 100% success in litigations.
The Chief Executive Officer stressed that arrangements were on ground to publish another list of defaulters that would be gazetted.
The Chief Executive Officer maintained that plans were underway for official unveiling of an electronic Mining Cadastre system scheduled for November 1, 2022.
