Kwara, firm fight over tantalite license

Date: 2017-06-12

The Kwara State Government and an indigenous mining company, Victory Crown Associates (VCA), are at loggerheads over the fate of a mining licence, 23572EL, granted by the Federal Government for the exploration of tantalite in Siringwaria village, Kaima Local Government Area of the state. The licence was approved for VCA on December 16, 2016 to expire on December 15, 2019.

While the firm is insisting its licence has not been revoked by the Federal Government and thus remains valid, the state government is claiming that it has revoked the licence through the withdrawal of the community consent earlier granted the investor over the mining site.

Company Secretary and legal counsel to the firm, Bashir Oladipo told newsmen at the weekend that one Yomi Johnson, allegedly acting on behalf of the state government as a tax consultant has already taken over the site. He was alleged to have been contracted by the state's internal revenue agency, KWIRS.

But the state government claimed that it has taken over the site because the firm has been 'oppressive' and allegedly failed to perform its expected social responsibilities to its host community. A letter from the commissioner for Solid Minerals Development, Alhaji Funmilayo Oniwa, addressed to the traditional ruler of the community also claimed that the firm had failed to pay taxes and royalties to the government.

"This position is unacceptable, hence the approval by Governor AbdulFattah Ahmed for the takeover of the site in overriding public interest and thereby lay the basis for government control of the site through legally acquiring it for the benefit of the people in the area and government of Kwara state," the letter, dated February 8, 2017, read in part.

The commissioner also announced the appointment of one PAT-KAY Revenue Consultant to continue to operate in the area to generate revenue for government while asking the traditional ruler to revoke his earlier consent for Victory Crown Associates Limited.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ilorin Water Reticulation     Oba Abdulrahim     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     KWATMA     Plat Technologies     MAI Akande     Kazeem Oladepo     Afonja     Abubakar Abdullahi Bata     Amuda Musbau     Gbenga Adebayo     Yekeen Alabi     KWAFFA     Baba Issa Awoye     Kwara Polytechnic     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Kumbi Titiloye     Guber Aspirant     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Edret Sabi Abel     Oba Abdulraheem     Olatunji Moronfoye     David Oyepinola Adedumoye     Usman Rifun     Quareeb Islamic Association     Adijat Adebiyi     Alore     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Onilu     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Sarakite     Agboola Abdulraheem     Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning And Empowerment     Najim Yaasin     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Ibrahim Taiwo     Saka Keji     Ndama Al-hassan     Alapansapa     Radio SBS     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Communication Network Support Services     Mohammed Yisa     Iponrin     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Olota Of Odo-Owa     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Dauda Adesola     CCEPE     Ibrahim Jawondo     Abiodun Abdulkareem     Niguel Gallando Marcias     Ojuekun Sarumi     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Omotosho     A.E. Afolabi     Amada Jidda     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Convocation Ceremonies     Valsolar Consortium     Ajibike Katibi     Segun Adeniyi     Hijaab     Jaigbade Alao     Public Holiday     Harmony Holdings     Nagode     TVC Female National Debate     Neo Mundo Ltd     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Aiyedun     Ilorin Amusement Park     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Jamila Bio Ibrahim    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Lanre Aremu     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Alimi Abdulrazaq     James Ayeni     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Kwara Apc     Col. Adedipe     Ola Falade     Admiralty Villa     Amos Sayo     Ajikobi     Mohammed Lawal Bagega     Forgo Battery Company Limited     Abubakar Suleiman     Quareeb     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Air Peace     MAI Akande     KWSIEC     Babaita     Garment Factory     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Erubu Oba Zubair     Ella Supreme Tissue Paper     Yusuf Aiyedun     Dauda Adesola     Folorunsho Alao     Aminat Ahmed     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Nnazua     HICA     Micheal Imoudu     Lithium     Osuwa     GANZY     LAK Jimoh     Yusuf Mubarak     Olaitan Buraimoh     Lanre Olosunde     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Yusuf A. Usman     Ishaq Oloyede     Ijakadi     Bola Magaji     Old Oyo     Jide Ashonibare     Oluwole Dupe     Sam Okaula     Baaziki Sulaiman     Kassim Babamale     Isiaka Gold     Kannike     Kayode Oyin Zubair     Prince Bola Ajibola     Kazeem Oladepo     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     KwaraLearn     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Kola Shittu     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Labour Party     Ilorin General Hospital     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Budo-Egba     KWASSIP     Rachael Obisesan     Kwara State Branch Of The National Library     IPSAS     Quareeb Islamic Association     Share     Oke-Oyi     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari