Mallam Mukhtar Sirajo over the weekend emerged the President and Chairman of Governing Council of Nigeria Institute of Public Relations Practitioners (NIPR).
He won via the Electoral College manner where 335 permitted NIPR bankruptcy contributors voted on the institute’s annual trendy assembly (AGM) held at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia, Abia State.
Sirajo succeeds Dr. Rotimi Oladele as president and could pilot the affairs of the Council for the subsequent years.
Comptroller Adewale Adeniyi of the Nigeria Customs additionally emerged the Vice President.
Other elected council individuals had been Chinkwe Ikenyi, Ohaeri Osondu, Ibrahim Mohammed, Prof BAC Obiefuna, Kabiru Aminu, Joseph Fanafa and Sule Yau Sule.
The relaxation were Ethel Agbeyegbe, Nkechi Alli – Balogun, Abimbola Raphael, Obot Udoette, Haroun Audu, Emannuel Dandaura, Akin Ricketts and Samuel Oseluka.
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Sirajo informed THISDAY that he intends to run an open management with a view to mirror the essence of Public Relations and particularly more about repositioning the institute inside the Nigerian task.
He stated he would construct on the strong foundations of the Council inside the past four years by using making sure an up to date check in of members and intensifying the combat towards quackery.
“We want to exchange the perception of the institute with the aid of fighting quacks, who’re giving the company awful call. We will trade that through insisting that the provisions of the law are compiled with,” Sirajo stated.
The highlight of the AGM turned into the investiture of 10 new fellows with the aid of the Institute and presentation of awards to discerning people and firms.
Q1: Dangote Exports 211kt Cement to Three African Countries
Nigeria’s dependence on imported cement may additionally soon be a element of the beyond as Dangote Cement, in the first region exported a total of 211 tonnes of cement to Ghana, Togo and Niger.
The employer’s extent within the Nigeria also multiplied considerably by five.3 in line with cent to almost 4 million tons for the length under overview.
Announcing its first quarter audited effects for the three months ended 31st March 2018 on the ground of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), Dangote cement’s gross revenue improved with the aid of 16per cent, from N208.12 billion in the corresponding length of 2017 to N242.1 billion.
The company’s gross profit for the length rose from N120.36 billion to N144.76 billion indicating an increase of 20.30 percentage. While Profit earlier than tax rose with the aid of 40.2 percent, from N77.32 billion to N108.04 billion, Profit after tax for the period went up by 29 percent, from N55.Eight billion to N72.12 billion.
A breakdown of the consequences indicated that the full volume of cement sales by using the Group went up by means of 2.8 percent to six.2 million tonnes with Nigerian volumes up with the aid of five.3 percentage to almost 4.Zero million tonnes.
In the reviewed duration, Mr. Joe Makoju, became appointed Group Chief Executive Officer While Cherie Blair and Mick Davis additionally joined the Board as Independent Non-Executive Directors.
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Group Chief Executive Officer, Makoju speakme on the outcomes stated: “The first zone of 2018 has started strongly with big will increase in revenues and profitability that drove notable coins era across the Group. Despite a barely slower start to the quarter, Nigerian volumes multiplied appreciably in March and underpin our self belief that 2018 could be a good 12 months for the Group. Across our Pan-African operations, better revenue in line with heaps boosted revenues and elevated EBITDA margins, with exquisite capacity to enhance similarly when Tanzania switches to fuel.”
Chairman, Dangote Cement, Aliko Dangote commented: “I am thrilled to welcome Cherie and Mick to the Board of Dangote Cement. They convey numerous and valuable experience of emerging-marketplace business, sustainability and governance to our Board.
Expatiating similarly on the potential of the organisation, Makoju stated “Dangote Cement is Africa’s main cement manufacturer with nearly 46Mta capability across Africa. A fully incorporated quarry-to-patron manufacturer, the organisation has a manufacturing capability of 29.25Mta in its domestic marketplace, Nigeria. Our Obajana plant in Kogi State, Nigeria, is the most important in Africa with thirteen.25Mta of potential throughout 4 lines; our Ibese plant in Ogun State has four cement traces with a mixed hooked up capacity of 12Mta and our Gboko plant in Benue country has 4Mta. Through our latest investments, Dangote Cement has eliminated Nigeria’s dependence on imported cement and has transformed the state into an exporter of cement serving neighbouring nations.
In addition, we’ve operations in Cameroon (1.5Mta clinker grinding), Congo (1.5Mta), Ghana (1.5Mta import), Ethiopia (2.5Mta), Senegal (1.5Mta), Sierra Leone (0.5Mta import), South Africa (2.8Mta), Tanzania (three.0Mta), Zambia (1.5Mta).”