Nigeria, May 22 -- Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, says the economic reforms introduced by President Bola Tinubu are beginning to reposition the country's mining sector and attract new investments into mineral processing and local value addition.

Mr Alake disclosed this in a post shared on his official X page on Thursday following his participation at a joint stakeholders' sensitisation meeting organised by the Nigeria Revenue Service and the Ministry of Solid Minerals Development in Abuja.

According to the minister, Nigeria's overdependence on crude oil and imports for decades contributed to the neglect of other critical sectors of the economy, including mining.

He, however, said the ongoing reforms by the Tinubu a...