Pic.. Keynote Speaker/Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake (5th, R); Executive Secretary, Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Hajiya Fatima Shinkafi (4th, L); Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Sen. Ekong Sampson(5th, L); Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals, Rep. Jonathan Gbefwi (4th, R); Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Faruk Yusuf (R) and others during the inauguration of the SMDF’s Early-Stage Mineral Exploration and Research Grant Endowment (EMERGE) Programme, in Abuja on Wednesday (10/6/26).
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Pic.. From left: Executive Secretary, Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Hajiya Fatima Shinkafi; Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Sen. Ekong Sampson; Keynote Speaker/Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake and the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals, Rep. Jonathan Gbefwi, during the inauguration of the SMDF’s Early-Stage Mineral Exploration and Research Grant Endowment (EMERGE) Programme, in Abuja on Wednesday (10/6/26).
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Pic.. From left: Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals, Rep. Jonathan Gbefwi; Executive Secretary, Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Hajiya Fatima Shinkafi; and the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Faruk Yusuf and others during the inauguration of the SMDF’s Early-Stage Mineral Exploration and Research Grant Endowment (EMERGE) Programme, in Abuja on Wednesday (10/6/26).
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Pic.. From left: Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals, Rep. Jonathan Gbefwi; Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Sen. Ekong Sampson and the Keynote Speaker/Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, during the inauguration of the SMDF’s Early-Stage Mineral Exploration and Research Grant Endowment (EMERGE) Programme, in Abuja on Wednesday (10/6/26).
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Pic.. Keynote Speaker/Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake (5th, R); Executive Secretary, Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Hajiya Fatima Shinkafi (4th, L); Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Sen. Ekong Sampson(5th, L); Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals, Rep. Jonathan Gbefwi (4th, R); Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Faruk Yusuf (R) and others during the inauguration of the SMDF’s Early-Stage Mineral Exploration and Research Grant Endowment (EMERGE) Programme, in Abuja on Wednesday (10/6/26).
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Pic.. Keynote Speaker/Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake (5th, R); Executive Secretary, Solid Minerals Development Fund (SMDF), Hajiya Fatima Shinkafi (4th, L); Chairman, Senate Committee on Solid Minerals, Sen. Ekong Sampson(5th, L); Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Solid Minerals, Rep. Jonathan Gbefwi (4th, R); Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development, Mr Faruk Yusuf (R) and others during the inauguration of the SMDF’s Early-Stage Mineral Exploration and Research Grant Endowment (EMERGE) Programme, in Abuja on Wednesday (10/6/26).
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