After the recent gesture from the United States donating 24 Armored vehicles to the Nigerian Military, the Federal Government has seized the opportunity to sought the assistance of the United States to determine the quality and quantity of solid minerals deposits available in the country.
The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, and the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. James Entwistle, disclosed these at a meeting they had in Abuja on Thursday, according to a statement issued by Special Assistant to the Minister on Media, Mr. Olayinka Oyebode.
The United States Geological Survey and its Nigerian counterpart will next week commence strategic engagements aimed at working out suitable technical partnership between the two countries.
The Federal Government, he said, had approached the US to assist Nigeria in this area in order to determine the quality and quantity of the various minerals available considering the wealth of experience of the US Geological Survey.
He said the experience of the American institution would help Nigeria to improve on what it had in terms of its huge minerals deposits.
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