President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Dr. John Beer Magufuli has broken the Board of the Agency of Tanzania Minerals Audit (TMAA) and also suspend its CEO for failing to better manage the mining industry.
Apart from taking such action, President Magufuli has directed relevant agencies will also take action against operators of TMAA by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral involved occasioning loss to the government due to sand mining that was being transported to the outside.
President Magufuli has issued the statement today at State House in Dar es Salaam when he received information about the report of the inspection of the sand mining container port 277 blocked.
"Board TMAA have broken from today. CEO TMAA stands work from today but the state apparatus that exists here you start kuwafuatailia TMAA workers involved and the entire sequence to begin legal action to be taken, "said President Dr Magufuli.
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But at the same time President Magufuli has criticized the Ministry of Energy and Mines for failing to manage the TMAA which lies beneath it, thereby causing the government huge losses due to transport of sand out of the country.