Federal Government Suspends All Mining Activities In Areas Affected By EARTH TREMOR

As a result of the recent earth tremor in Nigeria, all quarrying/mining activities and borehole drilling have been suspended in parts which experienced a tremor in Abuja.


Speaking for the minister, the FCT Permanent Secretary, Sir Chinyeaka Ohaa, assured residents that there was no cause for alarm.


He said Abuja does not lie in any major seismic danger zone.


The minister’s Chief Press Secretary, Cosmas Uzodinma, said preliminary reports on the tremors indicated that rock blasting from quarrying, mining activities and proliferation of borehole drilling might have caused the situation.


Consequently, he stressed, it became necessary to suspend all quarrying activities in various sites of Abuja, especially Mpape, Garki, Gwarimpa and contiguous areas.