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While the firm is insisting its licence has not been revoked by the Federal Government and thus remains valid, the state government is claiming that it has revoked the licence through the withdrawal of the community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

Yakubu Dogara     Niyi Osundare     Bamikole Omishore     Ifelodun     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     AGILE Programme     FERMA     T And K FOODS     Ibrahim Bio     Rotimi Oyedepo     Razak Atunwa     Erubu     Pategi     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Afolabi-Oshatimehin     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Freshvine Nigeria Limited     AbdulKareem Yusuf Danhawa     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Arca Santa     Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road     Kale Bayero     Balogun Gambari     NFAI     Onikijipa     Toyin Abdullahi     Oba Of Jebba     Centre For Community Empowerment And Poverty Eradication     Bolakale Ayo     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Kamaldeen Ajibade     David Adesina     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Busari Alabi Alausa     Shola Odetundun     Ibrahim Sulu Gambari     IFK     Musa Alhassan Buge     Roheemat Hammed     Taofeek Sanusi     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Pakata Patriots     Temitope Ogunbanke     Sobi Hill     Oba Abdulrahim     Tinubu     Omupo     Olatunji Moronfoye     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Royal FM     Javed Khan     Yusuf Aiyedun     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Admiralty Villa     Igbomina     Offa Metropolitan Club     Yusuf Ali     Sulu Babaita Isiaka     Yusuf Mubarak     Busari Toyin Isiaka     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Joseph Offorjama     Sunday Otokiti     Toyin Saraki     Baba Isale     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Kwara University Of Education     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     NULGE     Agboola Abdulraheem     Oro Grammar School     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Matthew Okedare     Sidikat Akaje    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

LEAH Charity Foundation     Kwara Teaching Service Commission     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Earlyon Technologies     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Afetu Of Alabe     Law School Scholarship     Paul Odama     Sodiya     Convocation Ceremonies     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     Elerin Of Adanla     CCB     Yusuf A. Usman     Dele Belgore     KWTV     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Rasaq Jimoh     Ayegbeni     Obuh     Nigeria Customs Service     Lanre Olosunde     Sadiq Umar     Ahmed Idris Mohammed     Balogun Gambari     Lawal Arinola Kudirat     National Broadcasting Commission     Shettima Of Ilorin     Apaokagi     Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman     Ishaq Salman     Democracy Day     Rice Farmers Association Of Nigeria     First Lady     International Vocational Centre     Ayo Adeyemi     Lola Olabayo     Saidu Isa     Olupako Of Share     Ejidongari     Ilorin Airport     Wahab Issa     Local Government Pension Board     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Women For Change And Development Initiative     Elections     Elelu     Babatunde Idiagbon     Alanamu     Olayinka Are     Facemasks     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Arca Santa     Laboratory-to-Product     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Kuliyan Geri     Ilorin Muslim Community     Jide Ashonibare     Olatunji Ibrahim     Afeyin-Olukuta     Ike Ekweremadu     Yetunde Balogun     Isiaka Alikinla     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     SWAN     Mohammed Abduraheem     Bureau Of Lands     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Abdulbaqi Jimoh     Kwara Hotel     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Oke-Ero     Chief Imam Of Offa     Smart School     Issa Baba