
Nigerian billionaire Abdul Samad Rabiu suffers $1.2-billion loss in August from stake in BUA Cement
BUA Cement is Nigeria’s second-largest cement producer with a combined installed capacity of 8 million tonnes per annum.
BUA Cement is Nigeria’s second-largest cement producer with a combined installed capacity of 8 million tonnes per annum.
Rabiu is one of the continent’s wealthiest businessmen, with a $7-billion net worth.
BUA Group has emerged as one of Africa’s fastest-growing manufacturing conglomerates.
Rabiu derives most of his fortune from his 98-percent stake in BUA Foods and 92-percent stake in BUA Cement.
Rabiu is now Africa’s fifth-richest man.
BUA Group is a leading food, infrastructure, mining and manufacturing conglomerate.
Rabiu, the chairman of BUA Group, owns 99.81 percent of the agro-allied company.
The development significantly boosts Nigeria’s quest to ensure self-sufficiency in sugar production.
Rabiu said the hospital was conceived to provide world-class healthcare services to security operatives.
BUA Cement is Nigeria’s second-largest cement producer and one of Africa’s biggest cement companies.
French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the council on the sidelines of the Choose France Summit in Versailles.
Rabiu sold 27,130,000 shares held indirectly through BUA International between May 10 and 17.
The market value loss was the result of a sharp drop in the company’s share price.
It is one of a handful of donations that the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative is making to Nigerian universities.
The Abdul Samad Rabiu Initiative has made its inaugural donation to help improve social development in Africa.
The Nigerian Senate has called for liberalizing cement policy to boost production and reduce market prices.