Abdulsamad Earns N90.868 Billion in 24 Hours

Nigeria’s third-richest person and leading philanthropist, Abdulsamad Rabiu earned N90.868 billion in the last 24 hours.

Rabiu, 62, owns 16.173 billion or 89.85% direct shares in BUA Foods Plc and another 500.485 million or 2.78% in indirect shares in the company.

Together, the billionaire philanthropist owned a combined 16.673 billion or 92.63% shares in BUA Foods Plc.

On Friday, the stock of BUA Foods appreciated by N5.45 or 10% from N54.50 it closed on Thursday to N59.95 a unit on Friday.

Meaning, Rabiu’s holdings in the company grew by N90.868 billion in the last 24 hours if his total shareholdings of 16.673 billion is multiplied by the N5.45 gain realised on Friday.

BUA Food reported a N168.855 billion turnover in the first half (H1) of 2022, representing an increase of 11.29% from N151.731 billion recorded in the same period of 2021.

The company’s gross profit rose by 1.79% to N52.066 billion, up from N51.151 billion achieved in the corresponding period of 2021.

Therefore, BUA Foods realised 10.78% in profit after tax to declare N42.702 billion for the period under review.

Presently ranked 5th richest person in Africa and 350th in the world, Rabiu is the founder of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate active in cement production, sugar refining and real estate.

The billionaire owns about 96% of BUA Cement Plc, one of Nigeria’s leading cement manufacturing companies, estimated at N1.79 trillion.

Explaining how he grew BUA Cement to the point of listing, Rabiu said “Two years ago, we listed our cement businesses. We had endorsement and Sokoto cement and those businesses were listed, we consolidated the business and we now have BUA Cement PLC with a combined capacity of 11 million tonnes as it is, we are set to rise to 17 million tonnes per annum by the middle of next year with the commissioning of new plants next year.

“And also, we consolidated our foods businesses across all our divisions: the flour milling; the sugar refinery; the oil milling and what have you. I listed that in January 2022 with that, we have a market capitalisation of over N1trn.”