November 1, 2020A bolder and expanded role has been canvassed for Nigerian women miners on the day they all gathered to launch their headquarter office in Abuja, Wednesday.
Ms Adeyemi, a veteran mining engineer, geologist and pioneer in the industry, also spoke of networking, mentoring, and capacity building as props women need to build into the making of what she called “total engagement,” adding that plans are currently afoot to hire experts to help deliver training and capacity development to members of the association.
“Chinese are merely ripping us. We have to desist from flipping licences to them. If the problem is financing, we can form ourselves into cooperatives amongst ourselves” she said explaining that the new headquarters will serve as a resource centre “where everyone can come for to bridge their knowledge gaps.”
Absent from the event on account of a clash with the Federal Executive Council meeting, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, had, at the just concluded 5th Annual Nigeria Mining Week, emphasized the role of women in mining in the sector, stressing how “capable hands of women have contribute intellectually and practically to the discourse and the policy of the sector” and illustrating that the appointment of Oluwatoyin Akinlade, a woman, as the new Permanent...