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Perm. Sec. Commences Familiarization Tour of Mines and Steel Agencies

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Joel Ajayi
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Mines and Steel Development, MMSD, Dr. Mary Ogbe, has commenced a familiarization tour to some of the Ministry’s Agencies within Abuja in order to have a holistic view of their programmes and activities with a view to enhancing the Mining Sector for national development.


She kicked-off the tour with visits to Mining Cadastre Office (MCO), Council of Nigerian Mining Engineers and Geoscientist (COMEG) and Nigerian Geological Survey Agency (NGSA).


Speaking at the various Agencies, the Permanent Secretary commended the  utmost dedication being put in place to ensure the effective discharge of their assigned mandates to realize economic diversification agenda of the federal government.  She also emphasized on the need for agencies under the Ministry to collaborate with one another for the common goal of national development.


Furthermore, Dr. Ogbe seized the opportunity of the facility tour to exhort the  Director- Generals to collaborate with their supervising  Ministry in order to change the narrative of the Mining industry.


To this end, the Permanent Secretary assured of the unalloyed support of the  Ministry to the Agencies to enable them reach  higher heights; that will positively impact on national growth and development of the citizenry.


Earlier in their respective address at the occasion, the Chief Executives of the Agencies appreciated the kind gesture of the  Permanent Secretary, for  making out time from her tight schedule to visit.


They unanimously highlighted the statutory functions of their Agencies and  achieved milestones: as well as solicited the  support of the Ministry to ameliorate the challenges bedeviling their efforts towards the development of their agencies

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Rather than reschedule his bout against Parker, International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion Dubois had hoped for a return clash with Usyk, who defeated the Briton by ninth-round knockout in August 2023.

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Dubois re-established himself in the heavyweight ranks with stoppage wins over Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic before most recently knocking out compatriot Anthony Joshua, himself a former world champion, at Wembley in September to take his professional record to 22 wins, with two losses and 21 knockouts.

The 27-year-old Dubois was understood to be in talks to face Usyk in a fight that would see all four major world heavyweight titles up for grabs but the WBO’s announcement has complicated the picture in a sport where the lack of a single global governing body means there are often multiple world champions in the same weight class.

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