Buhari, Okowa celebrate BUA Chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu at 62

President Muhammadu Buhari has urged businessman and philanthropist, Abdulsamad Rabiu, to carry forward his momentum of investment and charitable deeds as he marks yet another birthday.

In a message to the President of BUA Group, one of Nigeria’s largest conglomerates, the President lauded Abdulsamad Rabiu’s and other leading citizens for giving the country a good name at home and abroad.

“Through your life and career, you have persevered with determination and dignity, the family traditions of business, scholarship and charitable work,” the president said of Mr Rabiu in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.

President Buhari said he cherished the businessman’s compassion and concern for the weakest citizen.

“You are a steadfast champion of the poor and the marginalized and your charitable efforts will continue to inspire fellow citizens.”

Also, Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta and Vice Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has congratulated Alhaji Abdul Samad  Rabiu, Chairman of BUA Group,  on his 62nd birth anniversary.

Okowa in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Olisa Ifeajika, on Thursday in Asaba, said Rabiu, who is President of France-Nigeria Business Council, had by his pragmatic entrepreneurship, given confidence to budding investors in Nigeria.

According to him, Rabiu has made exemplary contributions toward revamping the nation’s economy.

He added that the businessman had brought succour to many homes through the numerous employments generated by his investments.

“On behalf of the government and people of Delta, I congratulate our friend and brother, Alhaji Abdul Samad Rabiu, as he celebrates his 62nd birth anniversary.

“Your contributions to the growth and development of Nigeria’s economy are not lost on citizens as you successfully built one of the most flourishing and enviable business enterprises in the past 34 years.

“We also thank you for your philanthropy and massive contributions to making life more meaningful for the less-privileged in society.

“As you celebrate 62 years today, it is my prayer that Almighty God will continue to grant you good health and longer life to sustain your benevolence to humanity,” Okowa said.

Mr Rabiu, one of Nigeria’s most successful business persons, was born on August 4, 1960 in Kano, Northwest, Nigeria. is a Nigerian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. His conglomerate, BUA group is into manufacturing, infrastructural development, agriculture. The group is estimated to generate annual revenues in excess of $2.5 billion. On July 7, 2020, Forbes estimated Mr Rabiu’s wealth at $3.2 billion

The businessman’s late father, Isyaku Rabiu, was also one of Nigeria’s foremost industrialists in the 1970s and 1980s.