South Carolina Honours Alake Over Reforms In Solid Minerals

Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake, has been honoured astatine the African Leadership Public Service Excellence Awards held astatine the Proshansky Auditorium, City University of New York, connected the sidelines of the 78th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

The recognition, organised by Africa Leadership Magazine, celebrates individuals making important interaction successful governance, reform, and nationalist work crossed the continent.

Dr Alake received the African Leadership Public Service Excellence Award for Solid Minerals Development and Sectoral Reform successful designation of his transformative efforts successful repositioning Nigeria’s mining sector.

According to a connection by Alake’s media aide, Segun Tomori, connected Wednesday, Honourable Dr Rosalyn Henderson-Myers, a subordinate of the South Carolina House of Representatives, presented the grant to Alake.

In a astonishment announcement during the ceremony, the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina besides conferred a Certificate of Recognition connected the minister, acknowledging his longstanding contributions to Nigeria’s development.

The certificate, signed by Speaker G. Murrell Smith Jr. and Clerk Charles Reid and dated September 24, 2025, recognised Dr. Alake arsenic a seasoned journalist, media strategist, and nationalist administrator. “We, the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, commend you connected each your contributions to Nigerian authorities and privation you occurrence successful each your aboriginal endeavours,” the connection read.

Delivering the citation successful his honour, a erstwhile Republican State Senator from New York, Hon. Aaron T. Manaigo, traced Dr. Alake’s distinguished vocation implicit 4 decades.

Beginning arsenic a journalist, columnist, and editor, Alake’s travel into nationalist work began erstwhile helium served arsenic Adviser connected Information to the precocious Chief M.K.O. Abiola during the 1993 statesmanlike campaign. He was pivotal successful Nigeria’s pro-democracy conflict and helped signifier the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO). His nationalist work trajectory continued arsenic Special Adviser connected Information and Strategy to then-Governor Bola Tinubu successful Lagos State, and contiguous arsenic Minister of Solid Minerals Development nether President Tinubu’s administration.

In his acceptance remarks, Dr. Alake expressed heavy appreciation to the organisers and the South Carolina House of Representatives for the honour. He assured that the designation would further animate his committedness to uphold the principles of accountability, transparency, and excellence successful nationalist service. Highlighting cardinal reforms successful the coagulated minerals sector, Alake noted the instauration of Mining Marshals and the deployment of outer monitoring bundle to tackle amerciable mining. He besides pointed to the revocation of non-performing mining licences to destruct speculators, and the digitisation of mining processes to summation transparency and capitalist access.

Alake reaffirmed the administration’s absorption connected worth addition, stating that Nigeria is moving distant from exporting earthy minerals to encouraging in-country processing and manufacturing. This, helium said, would not lone make jobs but besides beforehand skills transportation and economical empowerment. He recalled however his advocacy for this argumentation astatine the Future Minerals Forum successful Riyadh successful January 2024 led to the enactment of the Africa Minerals Strategy Group (AMSG), wherever helium presently serves arsenic the inaugural chairman.

Calling connected planetary investors, Dr. Alake emphasised that Africa’s coagulated minerals assemblage holds immense potential. He urged stakeholders to put successful the continent’s mineral wealthiness to boost economical maturation and make sustainable livelihoods for African communities.

The lawsuit marked different milestone successful Nigeria’s increasing designation connected the planetary stage, peculiarly successful driving reforms and innovation successful captious economical sectors.