By Onuminya Ochowechi In Sokoto
The BUA Group one of the Africa’s leading Cement giant company has donated drugs and solar motorized borehole worth twenty -five million naira (N25million) to host communities of Wamakko local government area of Sokoto State.
Presenting the drugs to the representative of the beneficiary communities , the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of BUA Cement Eng . Yusuf Haliru Binji said the gesture was to make sure clinics and hospitals in the host communities have adequate drugs.
Binji who was represented by the head of administration and corporate services Sada Suleiman stressed that the gesture was an annual event saying that the company donated same last year to 7 host communities but decided to extend it to 8 Communities this year.
He further disclosed that the company also carried out some empowerment programmes through scholarship, building of Mosques training vunerable persons in skill aquisition in the host Communities.
According to him ” What you are witnessing today is that we are giving back what the communication had given to us he said.
The beneficiary Clinics are , Mobile Police clinic, Gidan Boka clinic, Gidan Bailu clinic , Kalambaina clinic.
Other are Barking Kusu clinic, Wajeke clinic Sabon Garin Alu clinic and Arkilla clinic.
In a related development the company has also constructed and handed over 10, 000 gallons of water project to Dagelawa community of Wamakko local government area of the state.
The water project which consists solar motorized borehole and overhead tank is to cushion the effects of water scarcity in the community.
Responding on behalf of the beneficiaries the vice chairman of Wamakko local government Alhaji Zubairu Muhammad Dundaye. Thanked BUA Cement Company for the benevolence gesture saying it has gone a long way in ammeriolating the plight of the benefitting communities.
He urged other company in the state to emulate BUA noting that provision of infrastructures is not only left for government alone.
In his remark the District head of Wajeke Alhaji Muhammad Mailatu Gumbi appreciated the efforts of BUA in living up to its cooperate social responsibilities,
He added that the gesture have saved the community for going a long distance in searching for portable water.