Nigerian President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Ahmed Tinubu has directed Dangote, BUA and other cement companies to revert to the old cement price.
Senator David Umahi, the Minister of Works, while revealing this to newsmen shortly after inspecting the BUA cement factory in Sokoto on Thursday, said during a meeting with the manufacturers, the president directed them to revert to the earlier cement price.
He said, “I want to encourage them to abide by the directive of Mr President so that we can achieve massive housing programme and the renewed hope agenda of concrete roads of by the President.”
Umahi commended the company for completing its 5th line.
“When the chairman of the company visited Mr President last week, he assured that the 5th line will soon commence operation and with my visit here, I can confirm the 5th line, though waiting to be commissioned, has already commenced operation,” he testified
He, however, commended the management of the company for ensuring cleanliness within the entire premises of the company.
Accompanied by the Senate committee chairman on housing, Senator Aminu Tambuwal, the Minister said the federal government was embarking on 372 kilometres of road, dual carriageway from Zaria to Sokoto State.
“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 a dual carriageway 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.
Also speaking, Senator Aminu Tambuwal commended BUA management for living up to expectations in the discharge of its responsibilities while also appealing to the management of the company to, in addition to improved capacity in its production, also ensure the availability of the product to the masses, at affordable prices to meet up with the current administration of housing for all.
Speaking earlier in his welcome address, the managing director of the company, Engineer Yusuf Binji, assured that with the fifth line, the company will ensure massive production of the product in the company, adding that the increase in the production of cement will further push down the price of the product in the market.