The Minister of Solid Minerals, Kayode Fayemi, maintained that the N6 trillion 2016 budget proposed by President Muhammadu Buhari is attainable, according to the Punch Newspaper.
“The budget presented by President Buhari has a focus and the focus is to improve on the well being of all Nigerians and infrastructure across the nation. So, what we need now is to prove our mettle by being innovative and creative. We need to work very hard to actualize the focus of this budget and this will only be measured by the level of impact we are able to have upon the masses”, he said.
In addition, Minister Fayemi lamented the fact that the mineral sector, as well as other economic sectors, have been ignored in favor of the oil industry ever since independence. He noted that Nigeria’s success in the cement industry indicates that the country has the potential to fully develop its mineral resources.
The minister stressed that the development of the mineral sector would allow the country to move away from its dependence upon oil.
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