Onuminya Innocent in Sokoto
Members of the Association of Voluntarily Disengaged Staff of BUA Cement Company, Sokoto, have appealed to the Chairman of BUA Group, Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu, to think about their plight over unpaid cement allocations courting again to 1999.
The attraction was contained in a letter addressed to the managing director of BUA Cement Plc, Kalambaina Road, Sokoto, on 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 Plea for Settlement’, the previous employees mentioned they have been workers members 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 had remained unsettled for over twenty years.
They mentioned a number of time had handed and that whereas nobody is ideal, they’d determined to hunt 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 via tough circumstances, in addition to aged members who’re bedridden with terminal sicknesses.
The Chairman of the affiliation, Abdullahi Abubakar, mentioned most of the affected ex-staff members have been going through extreme financial hardship and will now not meet fundamental household wants as a result of lengthy wait.
They pleaded with the BUA chairman to mood justice with mercy and approve the settlement of their excellent allocations to alleviate their struggling.
The affiliation tendered an apology for any means they might have wronged the corporate, and prayed for the continual development of BUA beneath the management of Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu.
The disengaged employees mentioned they have been able to embrace an out-of-court settlement and any peaceable decision that the corporate may suggest to lastly shut the matter.
