Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has said that some foreigners who buy gold and other precious stones from his state pay with arms.
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He said this after a meeting President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Monday.
“It is very important to us as a government, particularly on the issue of insecurity, to know the cause of insecurity.
“Zamfara State is blessed with many mineral resources and some people outside the country come in to buy gold and other precious stones and sometimes, instead of paying people, they pay with arms.
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“I did some investigations. So, the state government will be buying some of these minerals so that we can block that chain.
“The state government is engaging the miners. We will be buying some of this gold from them with the limited resources we have,” he said.
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Matawalle also said the state has been battling with illegal mining, saying some days ago, a large deposit of gold being illegally mined was discovered. He said changes would be noticed in the mining sector in a matter of days.
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