The House of Representatives have mandated its Committee on Solid Minerals to investigate the collapsed mining site incident at Galadiman Kogo, Shiroro Local Government area (LGA) of Niger state.
Several lives were reportedly lost on the site, as many more were yet trapped.
The Committee is also expected to unravel the operational eligibility of Africa Minerals and Logistics Company Limited, the mining company which moaned the site, and also to find out the underlying causes of the incident as well ae review current mining safety regulations.
Also in the resolution on Thursday, the House called on the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals to deploy more emergency response specialists to the mining site, as it observed a minute of silence in honor of the lost lives.
This resolution was fallout of a motion of urgent public importance, sponsored by Hon. Ismail Musa Modibo, who drew attention of the House to “the distressing incident on Monday, 3rd June 2024, where over a hundred miners working with a mining entity, Africa Minerals and Logistics Company Limited were tragically trapped within a rocky mining pit”.
He noted that all efforts to rescue the victims were in vain, necessitating immediate federal intervention, admitting that there was the presence of both State and Federal Distress Response teams at the site.
He stressed the need for the deployment of more special rescue experts to the site to prevent more loss of lives, as he expressed worries that lack of adequate safety measures and emergency equipment by the mining companies may have led to the unfortunate incident.
