 President Bola Tinibu has met with Major Cement Producer Abdul Samad Rabu, Chairman of BUA other presidential villa Abuja. After the meeting, the board chairman announced plans to reduce the price of cements in Nigeria from the present 5,500 Naira to between 3,000 Naira to 3,500 Naira. Speaking on the reason for his visit, he said it was part of its own contribution to support the efforts of the federal government to bring down the prices of key commodities in the country. We know we have issues, you know, a bit of issues regarding the Naira flood and also the, you know, issues here and there but, you know, these are things, you know, that, you know, that, you know, ordinarily, you know, should have actually, you know, taken place a long time ago. So it is not easy, per se, but we will get there. Hence the reason why we are working, you know, trying to work with the government to ensure that we also, you know, give our little support so that at the end of the day, you know, Nigerians will not be having to pay higher or high prices, you know, for a lot of these commodities. While expressing his concerns about the rising exchange rates of the Naira to the dollar, Rabu was confident that the increased capacity will boost the availability of cement and drive down prices by the close of 2023. I explained to him, and we want to support the efforts of the government in bringing down the price of cement. By the time these lines are commissioned, Boa cement will be producing about 17 million tons per annum. And with that, we intend to bring down the price of cement from its current level of 5,000 or 5,500 Naira per buck to maybe 3,000 to 3,500 Naira per buck. And we can only do that because we are producing this cement locally. 80 percent of the raw materials that we are using to produce cement is in Nigeria. It's mainly limestone and gypsum. And of course, energy is part of it, but to have gas in Nigeria. So we want to support the government. We want to support their efforts in ensuring that the price of these commodities brought down. So what we are going to do is, by the time we commission these two lines, is to announce to Nigeria that the price of cement is going to come down. And hopefully, you know, bring it down, as I said, to between 3,000 and 3,500 Naira per buck. Mr. President was, you know, very, very excited and very, very happy. And he assured me that we will get all the support that is needed, is required from him and from his government to see that, you know, prices of commodities, not only cement, but other commodities as well, are brought down so that Nigerians will get the benefits of, you know, what Mr. President is actually doing in creating this, you know, environment in working with the private sector, you know, to see that prices, you know, of commodities are down in Nigeria. Rabi also reveals that the cement company is adding two new plans at the end of the year to be commissioned by President Bonatinnable, bringing BOS cement total capacity to 17 million metric tons.