The Federal Government has announced a complete ban on mining activities in Zamfara, declaring the state as a “no-fly zone’’.

National Security Adviser Maj. -Gen. Babagana Monguno, rtd, made the disclosure when he briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the National Security Council.

The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council Chamber of the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday.

Monguno said the President has approved, based on their recommendations, the imposition and enforcement of a ban on all mining activities in Zamfara with immediate effect until further notice.

He said the president directed the Minister of Defence and the National Security Adviser to deploy a massive military and intelligence assets to restore normalcy to that part of the country.

President also approved that Zamfara State should be declared “a no-fly zone’’ with immediate effect.

According to the NSA, the president also directed security officials to apprehend all those causing problems for innocent citizens not only in Zamfara but across the country.

He said some of the trouble-makers had already been placed under surveillance by the intelligence agencies