By Adedapo Adesanya *Targets 3% Contribution to GDP The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has called for optimal performance in Nigeria’s solid minerals sector, which contributes less than 0.5 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). In a statement titled LCCI Statement on the Declining Performance of Nigeria’s Solid Minerals Mining Sector, the chamber observed that the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recent reports showed that the Nigerian mining industry has recorded low performance in the last two quarters. “Despite Nigeria’s enormous mineral resources, the minerals sector is not a major engine of economic growth and
LCCI Seeks Increased Productivity in Nigeria’s Solid Minerals Sector
