*Photo: Executive Secretary of SMDF/PAGMI, Hajia Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi*
The Zamfara State chapter of the Association of Small Scale Miners of Nigeria has congratulated the newly re-appointed Executive Secretary of Solid Minerals Development Fund and Presidential Artisanal Gold Mining Initiative, SMDF/PAGMI, Hajia Fatima Umaru-Shinkafi.
The association said her reappointment should further consolidate, deepen and strengthen the solid minerals sector.
The association called on her to justify the confidence Nigerians reposed in her to drive the non-oil sector of the economy in tandem with the President’s Renewed Hope Agenda of a prosperous, equitable and just democratic nation.
In a statement signed by Alhaji Abubakar Rabiu, its chairman, the association described her re- appointment as a fulfilment of one of Tinubu’s campaign promises of appointing women into key positions in government and urged Shinkafi to use her position to attract foreign investors, empower local miners and provide jobs to thousands of youths.
“We urge Nigerians to support this woman of destiny in our collective quest for a better society,” the statement added.
