Amid the ongoing crisis over the ownership of the Obajana cement plant, Kogi State Government has revealed the reason for closing the Dangote factory situated in the State.
The Kogi State House of Assembly had on Wednesday, October 5, ordered the shutdown of a factory of Dangote Cement Plc situated at Obajana in the north-central state, saying the asset was not legitimately acquired by the firm.
Resident youth thronged the factory to drive out staff after the news of its closure order broke into the open but faced resistance from officials of the state government.
Chief among their grievances is alleged corporate social responsibility failure by Dangote Cement bordering on environmental hazards from industrial pollution induced by factory activities and neglect of the host community it is “making billions from.”
In a recent development, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, in a press statement forwarded to journalists on Saturday, accused the Dangote Group of secretly plotting to defame the State Government under the leadership of Yahaya Bello.
All efforts to reach Anthony Chiejina, the spokesperson for the Dangote Group, proved abortive at the time of filing this report.