What an explosives magazine licence actually requires
Storage capacity is the least of it. A short account of what a licensed magazine has to demonstrate, and why so few operators hold one.
Explosives magazine licences in Nigeria are tightly controlled, and the control is mostly not about the building. It is about what you can demonstrate around it.
Siting and separation
A magazine has to sit at a defined distance from occupied structures, roads and each other. That distance is a function of the quantity held. Getting the siting wrong is not a paperwork problem — it caps what you can legally store.
Security that is auditable
Multi-layer security, monitored continuously, with an access record. An inspector does not want to hear that the magazine is secure. They want to see who opened it, when, and what they took.
Inventory reconciliation
Every unit in and every unit out, reconciled. Automated tracking makes this survivable at scale. Manual records do not.
Trained, certified people
Storekeepers, drivers and blasting personnel all carry their own certification requirements. We have trained over 500 people to date, with a 98% certification rate.
None of this is exotic. It is simply the standard, and it is the reason a magazine licence is a meaningful signal when you are choosing who to buy explosives from.