Digging For Survival: The Story Of Plateau Underage Miners - Daily Trust

Digging For Survival: The Story Of Plateau Underage Miners - Daily Trust

“I come here to make money. I don’t go to school or learn any skill. I have been mining for over a year. I use the money to buy food, cloths and shoes for myself. I also support my father with the money I make from tin mining,” Umar Faruk, a 12-year-old boy from Mista Ali in Bassa Local Government Area, who abandoned school to make money at the mining site said. He is one of the underage miners in Plateau State. Not giving up on education, Faruk…