Abdul Samad is the founder and chairman of BUA Group, a Nigerian conglomerate concentrating on manufacturing, infrastructure and agriculture and producing a revenue in excess of $2.5 billion.
[11] This was when his father Isyaku Rabiu was being detained by the administration of General Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly not paying rice import duties.
[11] In 1990, the government, which owned Delta Steel Company, contracted with BUA to supply its raw materials in exchange for finished products.
BUA expanded further into steel, producing billets, importing iron ore, and constructing multiple rolling mills in Nigeria.
[13] In October 2022, a Nigerian national honor of Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) was conferred on him by President Muhammadu Buhari.