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Stakeholders set a price upon mining initiative of Government The opinion is divided concerning the intent behind the Federal Government's decision to standardize artisanal and small-scale gold mining in the North and Osun State, with the majority turning to the federal Government yielding source control of gold to the states. The Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Advancement Initiative (PAGMI), is made to guarantee safer and also more efficient mining and handling technologies across artisanal mining places throughout Nigeria, starting with Kebbi as well as Osun as the pilot mentions with intervention in Kaduna, Zamfara, and Niger specifies to commence quickly after. 42 | SKILLINGS MINING REVIEW September 2020
