Zamfara : FG Orders Foreigners To Quit Mining Sites

The Federal Government on Sunday ordered foreign miners to vacate mining sites in Zamfara States and its environs with immediate effect.

The Federal Government also announced the suspension of mining activities in the state so as to curtail the activities of the armed banditry that have been terrorizing the people of the place.

Briefing State House correspondents at the presidential villa Abuja, the Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, said that any foreign miner that continues mining activities would have his license revoked.