Kaduna Has More Gold Deposit Than South Africa, Says El-Rufai

From John Shiklam in Kaduna

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, disclosed on Wednesday that the raw gold deposits in one local government area of the state is more than the entire mineral deposits in the Republic of South Africa.

The governor stated this at the opening of the Kaduna economic and investment forum which held at the Shehu Musa Yar’adua Indoor Sports Hall, Murtala Square, Kaduna.

According to him, “We have just confirmed that Kaduna state, indeed Birnin Gwari local government alone, has more gold than South Africa. This is proven, this is verifiable; we have all the data and we are collaborating with the federal ministry of solid mineral.”

The governor said solid minerals alone, would attract about N40 billion investment to the state and urged investors to explore the opportunities in the state.

He said the new vision of his administration is to make Kaduna a state programmed for abundant investments , economic opportunities and prosperity.

The governor said further that his government has put all mechanism in place to ensure peace and security , good governance , improved quality of lives, and social inclusion for the people and investors coming to do business .

He said that discussions were going on with a large international mining company to come and explore gold reserves in state.

“We are focusing on mining and agriculture in creating jobs in this state. The mining company we are discussing with is going to take our local miners and train them and will group them into cooperatives so that they would become like sub contractors to them and be able to work with them.

“We are working with the federal government very closely to ensure that this happens” he said.

He said the government was also taking advantage of its abundant agricultural resources to woe investors, saying Kaduna has the best ginger in the world and that N5 billion would be spent for ginger production in the state.
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