Kano State Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje with the support of business mogul, Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, Kano Emirate and the Kano State Council of Imams, have reconciled the differences between two illustrious sons of Kano, Aliko Dangote and Abdussamad Isyaka Rabi’u (BUA).
A statement signed by Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Comrade Abba Anwar, on Thursday disclosed that the reconciliation meeting took place at Kano Governor’s Lodge, Asokoro, Abuja on Wednesday. Hoping that the intervention and reconcilliation will put a stop to all rumours making the rounds that the duo are having a dispute over the sugar industry in the country.
both parties, the Chairman of Dangote Group of Companies and the Chairman BUA Group of Companies, agreed to work together to satisfy the demand for sugar in the country.
The statement however the statement was silent on the allegation that Dangote was planning to increase the price of sugar, and was pressuring BUA to succumb to the increment.
The statement described that allegation as baseless and lacking any iota of truth.
In attendance were Alhaji Aminu Alhassan Dantata, the Minister for Commerce, Trade and Investment, Mr Niyi Adebayo; representative of the Kano Emirate, Alhaji Aminu Babba Dan Agundi; Chairman Council of Kano Imams, Sheikh Muhammad Nasir Adam; the Chief Imam of Sheikh Ahmadu Tijjani Friday Mosque, Kofar Mata Kano, and the Chairman of NEPZA, Adamu Panda.
The two business men and illustrious sons of Kano Aliko Dangote and Abdussamad Isyaka Rabi’u (BUA) have agreed to work together as brothers for the growth and development of the nation at large, assuring that, henceforth, there would be no differences that will cause any disharmony between them.