The Federal Government is seeking to deploy digital identity technology to track mining operators, strengthen regulation and curb insecurity in the solid minerals sector.
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, stated this when he received the Director-General and Chief Executive Officer of the National Identity Management Commission, Abisoye Coker-Odusote, and her management team on a courtesy visit to his office in Abuja.
According to a statement issued on Sunday by the minister’s Special Assistant on Media, Lara Owoeye-Wise, the ministry and NIMC are exploring deeper collaboration to promote digital identity, strengthen governance and accelerate reforms in the mining sector.
Alake described NIMC as a critical institution in Nigeria’s development architecture, stressing that effective governance, regulation and national planning could not be achieved without credible identity management and reliable data.
“NIMC occupies a critical position in translating policy into reality. It is pivotal to the development of any nation
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