₦airaland Forum

PRESS STATEMENT

WE RESIST THE PLOT TO FRUSTRATE DANGOTE CEMENT PLC OUT OF BENUE STATE

Good day gentlemen of the press, we have called you here today to brief you on the plot by the Governor of Benue State, Hyacinth Alia to frustrate Dangote Cement PLC out of Benue State.

As you all know, Dangote Cement PLC, through its plant at Tse-Kucha, Gboko Local Government and it's business outlets is the highest employer of labour in Benue State after the federal, state and local governments.

According to our source, the Alia administration has perfected plans to use multiple taxation, including those not currently enforced in Benue State to frustrate the operations of Dangote Cement PLC, same way the administration of Gabriel Suswam frustrated an agro-commodities company, Olam Nigeria Limited, to move the largest rice farm in Africa from Benue to nearby Nassarawa State.

The Alia administration also intends to also use the thugs recruited under the guise of Benue State Central Youths to harass staff of company, demanding for "matching grand" and other illegal levies.

Disturbed by the discovery, we decided to investigate the reasons for the decision to frustrate Dangote out of Benue State.

We were further shocked when we got to discover that, the plan against Dangote is to pave way for Governor Alia to buy the cement company through a proxy.

We shall expose this proxy when the need arise.

We have taken a careful look at the planned action against Dangote and we have arrived at the conclusion that it is not in the interest of Benue State.

We are all aware of the contribution of Dangote to economy and well being of Benue citizens.
For the records, Dangote is highest tax payer in Benue State, thereby contributing significantly to the Internally Generated Revenue(IGR) of Benue State.

Dangote Cement PLC has awarded scholarship to students from not just the host community of Mbayion, but even those from other communities in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State, studying in tertiary institutions across the country.

In the area health,the company has also contributed significantly to communities in the state. Currently, the company has built a hospital at Ihungwa-Nor, Mbatiav, Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State that is currently awaiting commissioning.

The company is fulfilling it's corporate social responsibility to the people of Benue State.

Dangote Cement Plant in Gboko has provided direct and indirect jobs to indigenes of Benue State. Sending Dangote away will lead to job loss and increase the percentage of unemployed people in the state, which will further worsen the insecurity in the state which the Alia administration is clueless on how to confront.

We hereby call on all indigenes of Benue State and lovers of Benue State to rise and condemn the plot to frustrate Dangote out of Benue State as those plotting to do have not shown capacity to manage even their families, talk more of managing a gigantic cement company, that is known across Africa.

We are yet to recover from the departure of OLAM from Benue State. We can't afford same with Dangote.

We call on the Alia administration to focus on creating an enabling environment for businesses to thrive in the state by formulating policies that enhance business and industrial growth and tackling the insecurity in the state.

As citizens and stakeholders of Benue State, we warn that any attempt to worsen the poverty in Benue State by frustrating Dangote out of Benue State will be resisted by the good people of the state.

Signed:
John Yiye
President,
Benue Youth Alliance for Good Governance(BYAGG).


Solomon Oche
Secretary,
Benue Youth Alliance for Good Governance(BYAGG).


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Paid yoots everywhere.

Useless puppets being used by politicians.

vanbonattel:
Paid yoots everywhere.

Useless puppets being used by politicians.

Did u even read the report before dropping this?

Those youths are instead fighting for Dangote and against saboteurs that are within

Unizik and UNN alumni should undertake second degree and ensure the course are being studied outside the regional Unis and I mean it

CyrusVI:
Did u even read the report before dropping this?

Those youths are instead fighting for Dangote and against saboteurs that are within

Unizik and UNN alumni should undertake second degree and ensure the course are being studied outside the regional Unis and I mean it

And Dangote cannot pay politicians to release some hungry boys to fight for him?

Go back to school.

Seriously

COMRADES, Tinubu and his cohorts were out to deal with us and Dangote

Good statement.

I doubt if Nigeria will ever develop with the way things are going on in this country. Unserious rulers with no economy knowledge and understanding.