Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto
(*24*) of the Association of Voluntarily Disengaged Staff of BUA Cement Company, Sokoto, have appealed to the Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, to think about their plight over unpaid cement allocations courting again to 1999.
The enchantment was contained in a letter addressed to the Managing Director of BUA Cement Plc, Kalambaina Road, Sokoto, dated October 10, 2026, and signed by the Chairman of the affiliation, Mallam Abdullahi Abubakar and Secretary, Mr. Leonard A. Ameh.
In the letter titled, “Letter of Plead for Settlement,” the previous staff mentioned they have been workers of the Cement Company of Northern Nigeria Plc, now BUA Cement Plc, who served the corporate with dedication earlier than voluntarily withdrawing their companies in August 2001.
According to the affiliation, on the time of their disengagement, they have been being owed cement allocation for the years 1999, 2000 and 2001, which has remained unsettled for over 20 years.
They mentioned a number of time has handed and that whereas nobody is ideal, they’ve determined to search a peaceable decision within the curiosity of all events.
The affiliation mentioned the letter was written on behalf of widows and orphans of their deceased colleagues who’re passing by means of onerous circumstances, in addition to aged members who’re bedridden with terminal diseases.
Chairman of the affiliation, Abdullahi Abubakar, mentioned most of the affected ex-staff are going through extreme financial hardship and might now not meet fundamental household wants due to the lengthy wait.
They pleaded with the BUA Chairman to mood justice with mercy and approve the settlement of their excellent allocations to alleviate their sufferings.
The affiliation tendered an apology for any means they could have wronged the corporate and prayed for the continual development of BUA below the management of Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu.
The disengaged staff mentioned they’re prepared to embrace an out-of-court settlement and any peaceable decision that the corporate might suggest to lastly shut the matter.
