The commissioning of a new three million metric tonnes production line at BUA Cement factory in Sokoto draws deserved commendation for BUA Group Chairman Abdul Samad Rabiu.
Another plant of the same capacity is in the works, to be completed in 2023.
His exertions on this score has saved this premier cement factory – formerly known as the Cement Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN) – from extinction and provided illumination to the North’s otherwise dark industrial landscape.
How different that would be were the major beneficiaries of the current dispensation, the Northern political elites to pool their humongous haul and revive the textile industry and also invest in other areas where the region has comparative advantage.
Kudos to Abdul Samad Rabiu. May his vision never wane and his determination never waver.
Usman writes from Kaduna
