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Institutional Capacity Strengthening and Sustainability of Mineral Exploitation in Nigerian Mining Sector

Nigeria possesses over forty commercially viable solid minerals, yet the mining sector contributes less than 1% to GDP, largely due to persistent institutional weaknesses rather than resource scarcity. The study investigates the effect of institutional capacity strengthening specifically regulatory and policy framework quality (RPFQ) and inter-agency coordination (IAC) on the economic sustainability of mineral exploitation in Nigeria’s mining sector. The main objective was to empirically examine how RPFQ and IAC influence economic sustainability, proxied primarily by the mining sector’s contri…