…Urges cement manufacturers to reduce prices now

From Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki
Minister of Works, Senator David Umahi, has called on cement manufacturers across the country to immediately reduce the price of cement.
Umahi said   the current cost of cement products was placing pressure on the ongoing Federal Government infrastructure projects and increasing demands for contract variations.
He stated this while delivering a keynote address at the official unveiling of the new corporate identity of Lafarge, now rebranded as HBM, a member of the HUAXIN Group, at the Lagos Continental Hotel at the weekend.
He revealed that the Federal Government would engage cement manufacturers from July 1 to address the issue of cement prices.
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