Follow Us on Google
…Commends Wike for 135 fresh road contracts in FCT
From Noah Ebije, Kaduna
The Arewa Think Tank (ATTAK) has urged billionaire businessman and President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, to emulate his business counterpart, and Chairman of BUA Cement Plc, Abdul Samad Rabiu in the effort to crash the price of cement in the country.
Rabiu had recently reduced the price of a bag of cement from N5500 to N3500 to make it affordable to the people.
To this end, the Convener, Arewa Think Tank, Muhammad Alhaji Yakubu, in a statement yesterday called on Dangote to do the same.
“We are urging Dangote to do the same in the spirit of giving back to the society as part of corporate social responsibility.
“We are happy with the Chairman of BUA and we are advising him to maintain the tempo and continue to take social responsibility seriously.
“We are also calling on all commercial banks, MTN, Glo, Airtel and all other corporate bodies to emulate BUA by slashing the prices of their services and goods,” Yakubu said.
The group also commended the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, Nyeson Wike for awarding 135 roads contract in less than three months in office.
“We understand that Wike did not only award the road contracts, but that he equally paid for it immediately. We are watching other ministers, and we are advising them to emulate Wike.
“We will also like to appreciate Mr. Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, Minister of Interior, already the backlogs of over 200,000 applications for passports have been cleared.”
Arewa Think Tank, however, appealed to Nigerians to be patient with President Bola Tinubu to enable him roll out goodies for the country.
“We’re calling on well meaning Nigerians and the opposition parties to allow the Tinubu Presidency to breathe so that our great country can benefit from his wealth of experience.
“What should matter to us as Nigerians should be how the President and his team can impact positively on the average and poor Nigerians. Mr President’s humility and simplicity should not be mistaken for weakness,” the statement said.
The group commended the decision taken by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for suspending the planned nation wide strike, saying that it was a mark of patriotism.
“We also want to salute the patriotism exhibited by the leaders of the Labour Union in calling off the strike and showing some understanding. It’s a mark commitment to see the country progress at a time of socio-economic travail when every hand is deck to salvage our dear nation.
