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Lafarge says it lost N2.5b to Boko Haram in 5 months

Lafarge Africa Group Plc, owners of Ashaka cement Plc, in Gombe state has claimed it lost N2.5 billion to insurgency between November 2014 and March 2015 The Country Director of the firm, Guillaume Roux has said this on Wednesday in Abuja during a meeting with the chairman of the Presidential Initiative on North East (PINE) Prof. Soji […]

Lafarge says it lost N2.5b to Boko Haram in 5 months
  • Lafarge Africa Group Plc, owners of Ashaka cement Plc, in Gombe state has claimed it lost N2.5 billion to insurgency between November 2014 and March 2015
  • The Country Director of the firm, Guillaume Roux has said this on Wednesday in Abuja during a meeting with the chairman of the Presidential Initiative on North East (PINE) Prof. Soji Adelaja.
  • Roux, however, said the company has no plan to pullout of the north east region or suspending its operations from where its factory is located in Gombe state.
  • Boko Haram attacked an Ashaka Cement factory twice last year , stealing the company’s dynamites and operational vehicles.
  • Ashaka Cements revenue was N21.1billion the whole of 2014 and 2.4% down from the year before.
  • Lafarge’s consolidated revenue was N205 billion for the whole of 2014 and essentially flat from the year before.
  • Ashaka however, reported a revenue of N4.5billion in Q1 of 2015 representing a 30% drop from the year before.
  • Lafarge also reported a 15.4% rise in revenue in the first quarter of 2015.



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