Nigeeria asepresident, YemiOsinbajo tellitud kolm miljonit tonni aastas BUAE28099sObuCemenditehas, mis asubOkpellinEtsakoEastLocal Government of EdoState. Osinbajo, kes korraldas kolme miljoni tonnise taime teise rea murrangulise tseremoonia, kindel, et Nigeeria föderaalvalitsus eemaldab kõik inimtõkked, et julgustada investoreid.
“This project is a big boost to the Nigerian economy and it will provide employment opportunity for the both skilled and unskilled youths of this state and the country at large,’’ he said. He said the plant’s capacity will consolidate Nigeria’s self-sufficiency in cement and it will be a big boost to the nation’s export capacity.
Osinbajo assured that the federal government would endeavour to make policies that would remove bottle necks but “will identify inhibitions and eliminate them so as to encourage private sector. In his speech, Governor Godwin Obaseki, said the commissioning of the plant marked the industrialisation of Edo State. The governor added that the vision and mission of the company were in line with the state government’s economic reform agenda, assuring that the state government is ready to make Edo an industrial haven with friendly tax policies.’’
Varem, the Chairman BUA Group of Company, Alhaji Abdulsamad Rabiu, said the choice to site the plant at Okpella, in Estako East Local Government area of the state, was strategic, saying that “this community has the best limestone in the whole of the country.’’ According to him, the completion of the second line in the first quarter of 2018, will take production capacity to 6million metric tonnes per annum.
