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As part of its corporate social responsibility, Africa’s leading cement giant, BUA Cement Company, on Wednesday donated 150 tonnes of cement and N10 million to its host communities in Wamakko Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
Presenting the items to the beneficiaries, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company, Mr. Yusuf Binji, said the gesture was meant to provide succour to the people of the communities.
Represented by the Manager, Administration and Corporate Affairs, Sada Suleiman, Binji noted that the event takes place annually, adding that the company donated same last year despite COVID-19 pandemic challenges.
He further disclosed that the gesture was to enable the benefiting communities and individuals rehabilitate their town hall square and private buildings.
He maintained that with the high cost of building materials, the company deemed it fit to provide the materials for them to carry out rehabilitation.
Binji added that plans are underway to carry out empowerment programme and provision of scholarship to indigent students of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States.
“What you are witnessing today is that we are giving back what the communities have given to us,” he stated.
Earlier, the Executive Chairman of Wamakko Local Government, Alhaji Bello Haliru Gwiwa, represented by the council secretary, Abubakar Chika Umar, thanked BUA Cement Company for the benevolent gesture, urging other companies in the state to emulate it.
Gwiwa pleaded with the company to do more, saying government alone cannot meet all the needs of the people.
Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, the District Head of Wamakko, Alhaji Aliyu Barade Wamakko, thanked BUA, saying the items would go a long way in ameliorating the plight of the people.
He promised that the items would be judiciously used by the beneficiaries.
