Minerals and Miners Center, MMC and IWoMA, have emphasized on the need for safety training at the mining communities accross Nigeria.
At the International Women’s Day on 8th of March 2024, the Director, MMC, Dr Comfort Asokoro – Ogaji featuring the Kogi Women Miners Welfare Association expressed shock and sadness at the risky manner the women miners seek means of livelihood stating that the need to feed and pay the meagre school fees have pushed rural women miners to the mining pits unprepared, unguarded and exposed to extortion and poor working conditions.
In her remark at the MMC’s initiative for women miner’s meeting held to mark the International Women’s Day with representatives from Nigeria, Tanzania, Mali, South Africa and other African countries, Asokoro called on women to support other women in the field by providing mentorship opportunities and most especially safety trainings at the grassroots adding that women form the majority workforce in many states in Nigeria and should get the attention required in policy formulation processes.
