Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has ordered the immediate dissolvement of the state’s Mining Joint Taskforce (JTF).
This was made public in a statement issued by Olawale Rasheed, the governor’s spokeswoman, who also explained why the decision had been made to clean up the state’s mining industry.
“The existing JTF is consequently directed to hand over all government vehicles and documents in their possession to the Solid Minerals Committee.
“As a follow-up to the disbandment, the State Governor has further issued instructions for the reconstitution of the JTF.
“The State Governor had two weeks ago announced far reaching reform of the solid mineral sector which include stopping unauthorised mining, addressing challenges of mining related environmental degradation and ensuring Osun state get her due return from the sector.
“Governor Adeleke had also set up a Solid Mineral Committee to look into activities of stakeholders within the sector with a view to put an end to revenue leakages, unauthorised appropriation of solid minerals and tackling increasing criminal activities around the mining communities.
“I consequently direct the Chairman of the Solid Mineral Committee to take necessary steps to ensure seamless transition from the old to the new JTF. The new team when constituted must operate with utmost professionalism with zero tolerance for misconduct,” the statement quoted Governor Adeleke.
