President Tinubu Orders Immediate Reversal Of Cement Price, Urges BUA, Dangote To Comply

By Akinwale Kasali

Following the lamentation of Nigerians over the hike in the price of Cement, President Bola Tinubu through the Minister of Works, David Umahi, has ordered Cement Companies to revert to the old price of Cement with immediate effect.

Umahi  revealed this during his visit to inspect the BUA Cement Factory in Sokoto State.

He said President Tinubu has urged Cement Companies including BUA and Dangote to do the needful in earnest to ease the economic hardship Nigerians are facing.

“On the issue of pricing, I can authoritatively say that they can still do better in line with their discussion with Mr. President.

Mr President insisted that they go back to the status quo as far this cement price is concerned for the common man.

“I want to encourage them to abide by the directive of Mr President so that we can achieve a massive housing programme and the renewed hope agenda of concrete roads,” he added.

Umahi, who was accompanied by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Housing, Aminu Tambuwal, commended the company’s commitment and expressed confidence in the product’s quality, aligning with the government’s objectives.

He also stated that the Federal Government will embark on a-372 kilometres of road, dual carriageway from Zaria to Sokoto State.

His words: “I am here to see things for myself, as you are aware, the federal government is currently embarking on 372 dual kilometres of road, of which the first phase will be done with asphalt while the step down will be done with concrete.

“If you calculate the 372 kilometres, because it is dual carriage way into two, it will give us a total of 744 kilometres.

“The second 372 kilometres will be conducted with pure concrete, in line with the renewed hope agenda of Mr President.”