Aliko Dangote and Abdussamad Isyaka-Rabi’u have agreed to work together agreed to work together to supply enough sugar to satisfy the demand of the country.
This is as Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State and Billionaire businessman, Aminu Dantata waded into the dispute between the two Kano State prominent indigenes over the establishment of a Sugar plant by BUA.
Recall that recently there were reports that Dangote complaints about the establishment of a sugar plant by BUA International Limited in the Port Harcourt free trade zone, saying it was out of tune with export laws.
A statement by Abba Anwar, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ganduje on Thursday in Kano, said the reconciliation meeting took place on Wednesday in Abuja.
Anwar said Kano Emirate and the Kano State Council of Imams joined the governor in the reconciliation meeting.
According to him, Chairmen of both Dangote and BUA agreed to work together to supply enough sugar to satisfy the demand of the country.
“They all dismissed allegations that Dangote was planning to see the increase of sugar price, thereby pressurising BUA to succumb to the increment. They described the allegation as baseless and lacking any iota of truth.
“The meeting was seen as the zenith of other similar efforts to reconcile the two giants by the governor. Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata played the role of a father during the meeting,” Anwar said.
Present at the meeting were the Minister for Commerce, Trade and Investment, Mr Niyi Adebayo and representative of the Kano Emirate, Alhaji Aminu Dan-Agundi.
Others are Chairman of the Council of Kano Imams, Sheikh Muhammad Nasir-Adam, the Chief Imam of Sheikh Ahmadu Tijjani Friday Mosque, Kofar Mata, Kano and the Chairman of NEPZA, Adamu Panda.
