As Nigerians lament the current spike in the price of cement, the founder of the country’s largest cement company, Aliko Dangote made a whopping $144m, an equivalent of N221.46bn (N1,537.9/$) in a single day.
According to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, Dangote’s wealth increased by $144m to $15.9bn (N24.5trn) on Friday, a fortune made from his Dangote Cement Plc, Dangote Sugar and other investments.