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HOW DANGOTE SUGAR MADE A PROFT OF N12B IN 2012 AND MADE ANOTHER N20.25B FOR THE GOVERNMENT

Ugodre Obi-chukwubyUgodre Obi-chukwu
11 years ago
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Dangote and his companies has had its fair share of criticisms from competitors and consumers over the years stemming from its strong hold on areas where they have business interest. One of such is its continual criticism of its “anti-market activities” in terms of its pricing policy for Sugar. Dangote Sugar made a strong response on Page 2 of the Guardian Newspaper for Friday January 11, 2013.

Whilst their response must have satisfied their supporters and shareholders and perhaps drawn further criticism from their competitors, I am more interested in a piece of information the company brought to the attention of its readers. In a detailed breakdown in defence of its policies termed “THE FACTS”, bullet point 5 was particularly interesting. It read as follows;

In year 2012, our unaudited financials shows that we recorded a net profit of about N11billion while we paid the Federal Government a total of N20.25billion which includes: VAT N8.2billion, income tax N5.4billion, duty/other charges N5.8billion and withholding tax of over N800million. In effect, the Federal Government’s income is almost twice our profit”.

So there you have it, the Government makes a whopping N20.25billion from Dangote Sugar’s operations alone. Whilst this assertion is resounding, it is important to note that the VAT of N8.2billion and Withholding Tax of N800million (totaling N9billion) was paid by consumers and other companies who supply goods and services to Dangote. ?Dangote simply acted as an agent and collected the revenue on Government’s behalf. However, the N11.2billion in taxes and duties came out of the revenue of the company which by the way is still astonishing!!!!

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Ugodre Obi-chukwu

Ugodre Obi-chukwu

Ugo Obi-Chukwu "Ugodre" is the Founder, Publisher, and Chief Analyst of Nairametrics, a leading business and financial news online platform in Nigeria. Ugo is also the Chief Editor of the Nairametrics “Blurb” Opinion pages. Follow Ugodre on Twitter @ugodre and Instagram @ugodre Email: ugodre@nairametrics.com

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  1. Anonymous says:
    February 3, 2013 at 7:20 pm

    Am glad to read this article regarding dangote sugar refinery plc,what is dangote sugar dividend coming out this year,am one of the shareholder of damgote initial public offer which was sold in 2006.What should we be expecting this year high dividend

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  2. Muhammad Mahuta says:
    July 25, 2013 at 12:18 pm

    Agreed that the VAT and withholding tax of 9bn were paid by Dangote’s customers, but if there where no Dangote Sugar that means that business is lost. Dangote provided the platform so kudos to him. The most successful businessman in Nigeria, providing employment to our unemployed youths and also, encouraging small and medium business start-up via Dangote foundation fund managed by Bank of Industry at a 5percent interest rate. In general the man is doing good to Nigeria and Nigerians.

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  3. MrMahuta says:
    July 25, 2013 at 12:22 pm

    Agreed that the VAT and withholding tax of 9bn were paid by Dangote’s customers, but if there was no Dangote Sugar that means that business is lost. Dangote provided the platform so kudos to him. The most successful businessman in Nigeria, providing employment to our unemployed youths and also, encouraging small and medium business start-up via Dangote foundation fund managed by Bank of Industry at a 5percent interest rate. In general the man is doing good to Nigeria and Nigerians.
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