Osun: Bunmi Jenyo advocates development of gemstones industry

Rev. Bunmi Jenyo also urged miners operating in the country to be conscious of the environmental wellbeing of their host communities.

The Commissioner made the assertion on Tuesday while giving a goodwill message during the second-day interactive session of the Nigeria Gemstones Conference & Expo (NGCE – 2023), at the International Conference Centre in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Rev. Jenyo who expressed his satisfaction about the first outing of the Gemstones Miners And Marketers Association of Nigeria (GMMAN), also emphasized the need for social responsibility of the miners by giving back to their host communities.

He also decried the activities of some miners who are extremely loyal to the Federal government without a recourse to their different states of operations.

According to him, “apart from being loyal to the Federal government, in carrying out your business activities, it is also important you have a recourse to the State where you are mining from”.

Rev. Jenyo also charged the miners to be selfless and carry every critical stakeholders along. “Miners must equally be involved in social responsibility by giving back to their host communities”.

“Infrastructures such as school establishment, road construction, hospital creation, among others, are the sorts of the social responsibility the miners must take active involvement in. This will go a very long way in promoting the goodwill and progress of the miners, host communities and government at all levels”, he said.

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