Adegbite pledges support for Nigeria Mining Week

&NewLine;<p> The recently-appointed Nigerian Minister of Mines and Steel Development&comma; Olamilekan Adegbite has made a commitment  for the ministry to become more involved in the annual Nigeria Mining Week&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We want to put some life in Nigeria Mining Week and we want to deepen what happens”&comma; Minister Adegbite said to loud applause at a pre-event press briefing at the ministry in Abuja on Tuesday morning&period;<br> The fourth annual Nigeria Mining Week conference and exhibition is taking place from 14-16 October in the Nigerian capital at the NAF Centre&period;<br> Minister Adegbite said that during discussions this week with the organisers of the event&comma; the Miners Association of Nigeria&comma; the MAN President Alhaji Kabir Mohammed Kankara had asked the ministry to become more involved with Nigeria Mining Week&period; The ministers said they had agreed that the event should always be private sector-led but that as the host ministry&comma; it should become more involved&period; He added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nigeria is not known as a mining destination yet&period; We want to attract the right people and the right names to be at the Mining Week&period; The planning for the next Mining Week will start at the end of this one&period;”<br> The packed press briefing was also addressed by the MAN President Alhaji Kabir Mohammed Kankara&comma; PwC Nigeria’s Habeeb Jaileoya and Kudakwashe Tsingano&comma; Business Development Director&colon; Nigeria at Spintelligent – both organising partners of the event&period;<br> Ms Habibah Waziri&comma; Country Manager of ITM NIGERIA and Fadi A&period; Ghazale&comma; Managing Director of AG Vision Mining Ltd&comma; were also part of the panel – both companies are gold sponsors&period;<br> The event is expected to attract more than 1200 mining experts&comma; 180&plus; mines and exploration companies&comma; 40&plus; sponsors with more than 24 countries represented <&sol;p>&NewLine;