Julius Berger Nigeria full-year pre-tax profit up 24 pct
LAGOS, March 27 (Reuters) - Julius Berger Nigeria
said on Wednesday its full-year pre-tax profit rose 24.27 percent to 12.34 billion naira ($77.93 million) last year, compared with 9.93 billion naira in the same period of 2011.
The construction giant said it also grew its turnover by 18.97 percent to 201.56 billion naira, from 169.41 billion naira a year ago.
It added in a release through the stock exchange that it will pay a 2.5 naira dividend per share to shareholders.
($1 = 158.35 naira)
(Reporting by Oludare Mayowa; Editing by Tim Cocks)
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LAGOS, March 27- Julius Berger Nigeria. said on Wednesday its full-year pre-tax profit rose 24.27 percent to 12.34 billion naira last year, compared with 9.93 billion naira in the same period of 2011.. The construction giant said it also grew its turnover by 18.97 percent to 201.56 billion naira, from 169.41 billion naira a year ago.