BUA Acquires Majority Interests in PW Nigeria
AREWA AGENDA- The BUA Group has announced its acquisition of majority shareholding in PW Nigeria Limited – one of Nigeria’s largest construction, engineering and mining companies.
BUA said the acquisition was necessary to further deepen its investments in the infrastructure business in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Speaking on the acquisition, the Executive Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, said, “This acquisition marks the beginning of the next phase of our medium-term strategy for our infrastructure business following the completion of the consolidation of our cement arm, BUA Cement, in January, 2020.
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BUA’s acquisition of majority holdings in PW Nigeria Limited provides a prime opportunity to increase our investments in the entire value chain of the cement, mining and construction industry where we already have BUA Cement Plc, the second largest cement company in Nigeria, as well as investments in other areas, including mining, quarrying, construction, power, logistics, among others.
We believe PW Nigeria, with its solid experience in building dams, roads, airports, water projects and other infrastructure projects in Nigeria provides a strong value proposition too difficult to ignore.”
Rabiu added that as Nigeria and most of West Africa looked to improve infrastructural development in coming years, it became imperative for BUA to position itself strategically to support critical investments and government’s effort and unlock latent opportunities in the infrastructure development space.
The acquisition of PW Nigeria extends BUA’s investments, leadership and capacity in the infrastructure space and projects are expected to benefit from a tight integration of BUA’s cement business and PW Nigeria’s construction business.
