Yemisi Izuora
Guinness Nigeria Plc has responded to a court process at the instance of Pharma Deko Plc on the allegation that Guinness Nigeria is contractually indebted to the pharmaceutical company in the sum of N175, 699, 317.99 representing an arbitral award made against the company and in favour of Pharma Deko Plc and also suggests that Guinness Nigeria is unable to pay this debt.
Guinness Nigeria denies that it is indebted to Pharma Deko Plc in the stated amount or any amount at all and its solicitors have filed a robust defence to Pharma Deko’s claims in court.
The amount claimed by Pharma Deko Plc in the court process is an insignificant amount when compared with the revenue, cashflow and balance sheet of the company and management is very confident of being able to repudiate the claims in court.
The management of Guinness also assured its employees, customers, shareholders and other stakeholders that it is capable of meeting its financial and other obligations to its various stakeholders.