LAGOS – Nigeria’s Ashaka Cement 2014 pretax profit rose 84.5 percent to 5.25 billion naira ($26 million) from year ago, the company said on Tuesday.
Revenue declined by 2.58 percent during the period to 21.13 billion naira, the unit of Lafarge Africa said in a statement.
($1 = 199.00 naira) (Reporting by Chijioke Ohuocha; Editing by James Macharia) (Reuters)[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”10″]