A Deputy Minister of Information, Fatimatu Abubakar has indicated that kidney and liver diseases are increasing in some parts of the country, especially in mining areas due to the impacts of illegal small-scale mining (Galamsey).
Speaking in an interview on Tuesday, October 11, she indicated that the government is determined to nip this in the bud.
“We cannot move the whole military into the mining areas. We need to solve this problem. There is so much that we need to do and I can say that the president is committed to fighting corruption.
“We need a proactive response and not a response to response. We need intelligence and intention to fight this galamsey menace.
“We have a lot of kidney and liver diseases as a result of this illegal mining,
