BUA Group has disbursed a total of ₦30 billion to 510 employees at its 2025 Night of Excellence and Long Service Awards, one of the most significant employee reward initiatives undertaken by a Nigerian private sector company.
The ceremony recognised long service, loyalty, and exceptional contribution by employees whose commitment spans from five years to over four decades.
Speaking at the event, Founder and Executive Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu CFR CON, described the evening as a moment to acknowledge loyalty, resilience, and shared ownership of the BUA journey.
He recalled that from modest beginnings 36 years ago, BUA has grown into one of Nigeria’s most valuable listed enterprises, with a combined market capitalisation now in the trillions of naira. He noted, however, that the journey was never the achievement of one man, one board, or capital alone.
According to Rabiu, “every factory built, every system strengthened, every challenge overcome, and every milestone reached carries the imprint of employees who believed in the vision long before the results were visible.”
He reaffirmed that BUA has always regarded its workforce as partners in a shared legacy rather than merely staff, adding that loyalty and professionalism are values that must be recognised in tangible ways.
As part of the 2025 awards, ₦30 billion was disbursed to 510 recipients across multiple long service and excellence categories. Due to time considerations at the event, only 41 recipients received their awards physically from the Chairman during the ceremony. These represented the highest award categories, ranging from ₦100 million to ₦1 billion.
The on stage recipients comprised sixteen recipients of ₦100 million each, nine recipients of ₦200 million each, seven recipients of ₦250 million each, three recipients of ₦500 million each, five recipients of ₦1 billion each, and one special award recipient whose cash award was not announced at the event.
All other awardees had received their plaques and cheques ahead of the ceremony or will receive theirs at their respective plants and operational locations across the country.
Rabiu described the cash awards as a token of appreciation, noting that no amount of money can fully account for decades of dedication, personal sacrifice, and belief in the company’s mission.
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Speaking at the event, Founder and Executive Chairman of BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu CFR CON, described the evening as a moment to acknowledge loyalty, resilience, and shared ownership of the BUA journey.
He recalled that from modest beginnings 36 years ago, BUA has grown into one of Nigeria’s most valuable listed enterprises, with a combined market capitalisation now in the trillions of naira. He noted, however, that the journey was never the achievement of one man, one board, or capital alone.
According to Rabiu, “every factory built, every system strengthened, every challenge overcome, and every milestone reached carries the imprint of employees who believed in the vision long before the results were visible.”
He reaffirmed that BUA has always regarded its workforce as partners in a shared legacy rather than merely staff, adding that loyalty and professionalism are values that must be recognised in tangible ways.
As part of the 2025 awards, ₦30 billion was disbursed to 510 recipients across multiple long service and excellence categories. Due to time considerations at the event, only 41 recipients received their awards physically from the Chairman during the ceremony. These represented the highest award categories, ranging from ₦100 million to ₦1 billion.
The on stage recipients comprised sixteen recipients of ₦100 million each, nine recipients of ₦200 million each, seven recipients of ₦250 million each, three recipients of ₦500 million each, five recipients of ₦1 billion each, and one special award recipient whose cash award was not announced at the event.
All other awardees had received their plaques and cheques ahead of the ceremony or will receive theirs at their respective plants and operational locations across the country.
Rabiu described the cash awards as a token of appreciation, noting that no amount of money can fully account for decades of dedication, personal sacrifice, and belief in the company’s mission.
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Wow.. massive
ReplyDeleteAbeg how person wan take apply for bua
BUA, God bless you.🙏🏿
DeleteI hope your junior staff are among the beneficiaries.
Z***** Bank never did this for its staff rather they stagnated loyal, long-standing staff of between 20 years to 5 years on one level without promotion ranging from 4 years to 11 years.
That's why their professional staff resigned in droves - over 1,800 out 4,000 staff.
Don't even talk about their non-professional staff - they are so poorly paid and without allowances yet no medical insurance or coverage at all!😖
keep applying which im doing. luck might smile @ you soon. God bless him.
DeleteLol@ apply for BUA 😆
DeleteHow and where do we apply to..kindly drop any hint biko @oskirin
DeleteThis is loud
DeleteEven as I'm commenting, I don cry tire.
Nice one Baba
ReplyDeleteI pray the monies reaches all the awardees, even if it's just a percentage, considering how corrupt Nigerians are.
Medussa,
DeleteFortunately YOU are Nigerian too but thankfully, not everyone is you.
Some comments though.....
You speak for yourself.
DeleteWow, very good of him 👏
ReplyDeleteWow!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to them.
See end of year bonus. What a joyous event that must have been. I'm happy and I don't even know anything about the company or the employees. What a story to tell your grandchildren.
ReplyDeleteI feel bad for their HR department after this news, they going to get millions of applications.
Oh God! Such a kind hearted and thoughtful boss. Chai this year and next year December don stew for these employees like this. Your business is taken to the highest level Big Boss.
ReplyDeleteThis is incredibly wonderful. God bless the group.
ReplyDeleteWow..
ReplyDeleteThis is really nice 🙂👍
This is massive
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to them
Massive. God bless them
ReplyDeleteNice one sir
ReplyDeleteGod bless you
Wow this is huge.
DeleteCongratulations to them.
Congratulations to all awardees.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to them.
ReplyDeleteOh wow 🤩
ReplyDeleteGreat reward for good staff 👍
These kind of bosses are hard to come by. God bless them big 👏
This is huge. I'm happy for the recipients. God bless the company, this is really commendable.
ReplyDeleteWow, massive
ReplyDeleteDangote can never ever do this . And his company made more than buar. Shame on him
ReplyDeleteThen you don't listen or watch the news. Dangote is doing this, so is FO and a lot of others.
DeleteDo your bit.
This is humanity just like Stella #Selfless. God bless you all
ReplyDeleteWow 😲😳
ReplyDeleteThis is massive
Congratulations to all the recipents 🥳
MASSIVE!!! Congratulations to the recipients.
ReplyDeleteAnd I don't see Religious or ethnic comments.
ReplyDeleteI hope that one day, we will understand that being kind has no undertones.
Wow!!!!
ReplyDeletewow,wow,wow
DeleteWow, this is massive from chairman. God bless him.
ReplyDeleteAfter receiving 1billion as bonus, will that same employee continue to work with him, also how much was his/her monthly pay
Fair lady,
DeletePlease read again. This time, slowly.
If you understood it different from how she understood it or different from what was stated up there, why not explain it to her , cos what she said is exactly true, after receiving 1 billion, will the person continue working as employee. Read it slowly ko, read it slowly ni.
DeleteWow!!!
ReplyDeleteNice one