(Lokoja)
Kogi State Government has called on Dangote Cement Company to adhere strictly to the global practices of reclamation.
The State Commissioner for Sold Minerals and Natural Resources, Mr Abubakar Bashiru Mohammed, made the call in Obajana when he paid a working visit to the company.
According to him, the management of the company should look into their reclamation policy, to know whether is in accordance with the global practices.
“If nothing is done, the state government would have no option than to ask them to do the needful,” he warned.
The commissioner also emphasized the need for the company to be proactive in its Cmmunity Development Agreement (CDA),by being socially responsible to host communities.
Abubakar, who bemoaned the type of bilateral agreement between the state and the company, said time had come for the state and the company to synergise On how the mining of the mineral deposits in the state would be beneficial to it,the host communities and the state.
The commissioner, while reiterating the commitment of the state government to providing a conducive environment for the company to operate, stated that the state should benefit more than what it was getting as revenue from the company.
He, however, louded the company for the industrial transformation of the state in the area of job creation and economic transformation, saying that the state was on the global map courtesy of Dangote Cement Company.
Responding, the General Manager (Community Affairs and Special Duties), Elder Ade Anlemi who thanked the commissioner for the visit, said that the company had been keeping to the letters of its Community Development Agreement (CDA) with host communities.
Anlemi said the company had done a lot in the area of its Corporate Social Responsibility, adding that if there is room for improvement, it would be included in the Community Development Agreement.
Duaglobalnews reports that the company gets its raw materials for the production of cement from Obajaja in Kogi state, besides its mining activities in the state.
