Central African Republic: Adouma calls for full mining code overhaul
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Corbeaunews Centrafrique
Former Central African minister Raymond Adouma is calling for a complete review of the mining code and a national forum after the Zamboye mine collapse. He says more than 100 permits were issued without the administration having the expertise needed to monitor all operations, according to his interview on Radio Ndeke Luka.
Raymond Adouma, a former Central African minister and member of the Republican Bloc for the Defence of the Constitution (BRDC), is calling for a complete overhaul of the mining framework after the fatal collapse of the Zamboye mine. He advocated a national mining forum during the programme “Patara” on Radio Ndeke Luka.
Mr Adouma believes that more than 100 mining permits were issued without the administration having the technical expertise needed to monitor the operations. He is calling for these capacities to be strengthened, mining activities to be better planned and sites to be regularly monitored.
The former minister considers that deploying soldiers to Zamboye is not enough to guarantee the mine’s safety if the other control mechanisms remain defective. He believes the difficulties exposed by the tragedy concern the sector’s overall oversight, not only the people present at the site.
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