President Buhari commissions BUA’s 3m tons Sokoto Cement, 48mw power plants Thursday
By OUR REPORTER
BUA Group Plc Wednesday announced that it would commission its three million metric tons (mt) Sokoto Line 4 Cement Plant and 48 megawatts (mw) power plant this Thursday 27 January, 2022.
The Group Chairman of BUA, Alhaji AbdulSamad Isiaka Rabiu, made the announcement, of the commissioning, which he said will be performed by President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, on the group’s official LinkedIn page.
According to him, the event would also see the ground-breaking of the three million metric ton line 5 by the President.
Recall that the company had at the end of 2020 announced the construction of 3 cement plants in Edo, Sokoto and Adamawa and to be handled by Sinoma CBMI of China.
The plants when completed would bring BUA’s production capacity to 20m tonnes per annum from the current 11m tonnes it produces.
Speaking, the Chairman of BUA, AbdulSamad Rabiu stated that Nigeria and its surrounding region have huge opportunities in construction, housing, infrastructure, and allied industries.
“Despite these opportunities, there is no doubt that there is still a huge deficit in supply while demand continues to increase in Nigeria.”
He however said to bridge the deficit gap in Nigeria, “we have taken this decision to invest and build these new plants at a total project cost of 1.05 billion dollars, which will be completed by the end of 2022.”
Rabiu, while announcing the commissioning on the group’s official LinkedIn page added that the event would also see the ground-breaking of the three million metric tonnes line 5 by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The DEFENDER reported Wednesday that President Muhammadu Buhari was expected to pay a one day official visit to Zamfara State.
Update report has it it that he will leave Sokoto to the North West state most affected by bandit terrorism and meet the troops prosecuting the war against the criminal elements as morale booster for them.
