BUA Cement to Fund $78.9 Million Lokoja-Benin Road Project
The government chose Nigeria's top cement company, BUA Cement Plc, led by Africa's sixth richest man, Abdul Samad Rabiu, to fund the Lokoja-Benin road reconstruction under a tax credit system. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the dualization of the Okpella segment of the road at a cost of N120 billion ($78.9 million), with BUA