Francis Kadiri
The Federal Government Committee on Earth Tremor has with immediate effect, partially lifted initial suspension imposed on all blasting and mining activities around the areas that experienced minor earth tremors in the FCT recently.
The committee, after a meeting in the Ministry of Science and Technology on Monday, said constructions and blasting of stones resumes around the affected areas with the exception of Mpape.
The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Abubakar Bawa Bwari, disclosed that; “The Federal Government after review of the suspension of blasting and mining activities around areas that experienced minor earth tremors has decided to lift the suspension placed on such activities with immediate effect. All areas under suspension are to resume activities except for the Mpape axis. However, mining companies are advised by this renewed move to ensure they put in place sensors on their sites to detect some would-be tremors before it happens.”
The suspension was put in place in order to enable the team of experts put together by the ministry to do a thorough investigation into the remote causes of the tremor.