BUA Group of company in Nigeria has announced a reduction of ex-factory cement price to N3,500 per bag.
This was made known on Sunday in a statement released and made available to newsmen.
In the statement, the company’s leadership claimed that the price review was in response to earlier promised the company had made to Nigerians.
It was also made known that the price reduction takes effect from today Monday, October 2, 2023.
The company statement reads: “We refer to our previous pronouncements regarding our intent to reduce cement prices upon the completion of our new lines at the end of the year in order to spur development in the building materials and infrastructure sectors.
“As per the commitment made to reduce prices and following a periodic review of our operations for efficiency, the management of BUA Cement Plc wishes to announce and inform our esteemed customers, stakeholders, and the public that effective October 2, 2023, we have decided to bring the price reduction forward.
Stressing further, BUA Cement would now be sold at an ex-factory” price of 3,500 Naira per bag so that Nigerians can begin to enjoy the benefits of the price reduction before the completion of our plants.
“Upon completion of the ongoing construction of our new plants, which would increase our production volumes to 17 million metric tonnes per annum, BUA Cement PLC intends to review these prices further in line with our earlier pronouncements by the first quarter of 2024.”
It stated that all pending, undelivered orders which had been paid for at the old prices would be reviewed downwards to N3500/bag in line with the new pricing from October 2, 2023.
