Nigeria, June 7 -- A dispute over port concession contracts between one of Nigeria's largest business concerns, BUA Group, and the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has reverberated seven years after former President Muhammadu Buhari resolved it.

An article published by Abdul Samad Rabiu, the chairman of the BUA Group, to commemorate the second anniversary in office of Mr Buhari's successor, President Bola Tinubu, refreshed the dispute.

In the article published on 29 May, Mr Rabiu recalled how the NPA terminated the contracts with the BUA Group in 2019, jeopardising the company's $500 million investment in Terminal B of the Port Harcourt Port and putting over 4,000 jobs at risk.

He said the notice to revoke the concession, terminate the l...