Senate urges FG to audit licensed miners, establish compensation scheme for mining workers

By Henry UmoruABUJA — The Senate has urged the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, to conduct an audit of licensed miners and their areas of operation across the country to strengthen monitoring and regulation of mining activities.The upper chamber also called for the establishment of a statutory Mining Workers’ Compensation Scheme, to be funded through mandatory contributions by licensed mining operators, to provide compensation for occupational