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 relationship again to 1999.
The enchantment 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 staff stated they have been employees 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 20 years.
They stated loads 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 stated the letter was written on behalf of widows and orphans of their deceased colleagues who’re passing by means of troublesome circumstances, in addition to aged members who’re bedridden with terminal diseases.
The Chairman of the affiliation, Abdullahi Abubakar, stated lots of the affected ex-staff members have been going through extreme financial hardship and will now not meet primary household wants because of 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 struggling.
The affiliation tendered an apology for any method they could have wronged the corporate, and prayed for the continual progress of BUA underneath the management of Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu.
The disengaged staff stated 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.
