The Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Kehinde Bamigbetan, has dismissed claims that the Federal Government is ceding Nigeria’s mineral resources to Chinese companies, describing the allegations as false and part of a “campaign of misinformation.” Bamigbetan rejected the narrative that Dr. Alake was tilting Nigeria’s mining sector toward China alone. The aide argued that Nigeria’s policy of opening the solid minerals sector to foreign participation began in the 1990s, long before the current administration. “More than 300 companies from Europe, America, Canada and Australia are already active in different segments of our solid minerals sector,” he said. Nigeria’s solid minerals sector has long been touted as the next big revenue earner outside oil.