DANGOTE CEMENT COMPANY SEALED FOR NON-COMPLIANCE TO THE ORDER BY THE BENUE STATE GOVERNOR SUSPENDING ALL MINING ACTIVITIES IN THE STATE

The Principal Special Assistant to the Executive Governor of Benue State on Solid Minerals, Forestry and Mining, Hon. Stephen Uta, On 12th April, 2024, led a combined team of security men to the Gboko Plant of Dangote Cement to enforce compliance of the company to the suspension order by Gov. Hyacinth Alia suspending all mining activities in the state.

This enforcement became necessary following the company's failure to comply to the order even after a written notice was served on the company.

Speaking shortly after carrying out the enforcement, Hon. Uta said Dangote company was still actively mining limestone and coal at Gboko and Okpokwu respectively in defiance to the Governor’s directive.

He further added that he was going ahead to ensure that all mining companies in the state comply with the order.

It will be recalled that the Governor of the state had in a meeting with all miners in the state, in which a representative of the company was in attendance, on the 21st of March 2024, ordered the suspension of all mining activities until all issues surrounding mining activities in the state was sorted out.

Joseph Kputu
Media Assistant to the PSA on Solid Minerals, Forestry and Mining.
12th April, 2024.

Local materials must be sought internally to ensure that products are sold at fairly competitive prices.

They mined almost every item needed for cement production almost free of charge in Nigeria yet sell at a price equivalent to other countries where the raw materials are imported.

Whalis:
They mined almost every item needed for cement production almost free of charge in Nigeria yet sell at a price equivalent to other countries where the raw materials are imported.

Nigerian cement companies made more money than some foreign cement companies that even produced more cement last year