By Ewoma Omaje

The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Republic of France to promote and diversify the critical mineral value chain in the solid minerals sector.

This was revealed in a statement by the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Segun Tomori.

He said the MoU signing was done by the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dele Alake, on the sidelines of President Bola Tinubu’s visit to France.

Tomori said Alake stressed that the ministry would leverage the partnership to open the mining sector to French investors.