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While the firm is insisting its licence has not been revoked by the Federal Government and thus remains valid, the state government is claiming that it has revoked the licence through the withdrawal of the community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

Egbejila     Amina El-Imam     Bisi Oyeleke     Babata     Halimat Yusuf     KWACOBPA     Towoju     2017 Budget     Smart School     March 18     Mamatu Abdullahi     Ajakaye     Mutawalle     Ladi Hassan     IFK     Oniwasi Agbaye     Akande Idowu Ayoola Muhammed     Garba Ado Sanni     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Onikijipa     Awili Pedro     N-Power     Universal Basic Education Commission     Tafida Of Kaiama     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     Muhammad Yahya     Oyelere Oyinloye     Kola Bukoye     Minimum Wage     Yeketi     Abdullahi AbdulMajeed     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Abraham Ojo     Bayo Ajia     Toyin Abdullahi     Hausa     Adamu Atta     Lukman Oyebanji Fagbemi     Isiaka Yusuf     Kwara United     Students Union Government     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Pakata     FERMA     Sanitation Exercise     Babajide Ajayi     Sulu Gambari     Saadu Yusuf     Olaosebikan     Alanamu     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     Ademola Kiyesola     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Lithium     Ibrahim Oniye     Kale Belgore     Mazars Consulting     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Gobir Organization Foundation     Aro Yahaya     Kolawole Bashirat     Abdulfatai Ahmed     NTA Ilorin     Yakubu Shaaba     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Olayinka Olaogun     Garment Factory     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi     Vasolar     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Suleman Abubakar     Abdulrasheed Na\'Allah     Sunday Fagbemi     Nigeria Customs Service    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Binta Abubakar Mora     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Oke-Ode     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     KWASEIC     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Kaiama     Henry Makinwa     Tunde Oyawoye     Bureau Of Lands     Lanre Olosunde     Oyelere Oyinloye     Folajimi Aleshinloye     Ado Bayero     Yahaya Abdulkareem     ANCOPPS     Deji Ajani     Salihu Ajia     Yemi Osinbajo     Tsaragi-Share     Saka Abimbola Isau     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Arinola Fatimoh Lawal     Babaloja-General     Maja     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Bashirat Bola Bello     IPSAS     Yusuf Abdulkadir     Ajasse-Ipo     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Kumbi Titilope     Abdullahi Saadudeen Alikinla     Oke-Ero     Memunat Monsuma     Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir     Seun Bolaji     GGDSS Pakata     Raji AbdulRasaq     Bolaji Abdullahi     Ibrahim Oloriegbe     Sabi     Laolu Saraki     Ballah     Facebook     Kwara South     James Kolo     Ilorin Emirate     Borgu     Radio SBS     KWIRS     UNILORIN Alumni Association     Lola Olabayo     Donatus Ejidike     Iyiola Oyedepo     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Metro Park     Ibrahim Oniye     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Kayode Laro     SUBEB     Emir Of Shonga     Mohammed Haruna     Saheed Akinwumi     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Opolo Global Innovation Limited     UNILORIN Alumni     Afonja     Emir Of Kano     Ibrahim Mohammed     Kubra Kazum     Akeem Olatunji     Elections     Ahman Pategi University     Ojuekun