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Dangote group of companies through their subsidiary, Dangote Industries Limited and the maker of Dangote Cement has announced the commencement of Concrete Road Construction Technology using cement.
This modern road construction technology has been adjudged the cheapest and has a longer life span than the conventional asphalted roads where bitumen and chippings are used. Unlike cements that abound in Nigeria, Bitumen are mostly imported from overseas.
Pilot constructions have already commenced in various states across the country, according to a source at the company’s head office. Lagos, Bauchi, Kogi, Kaduna and Ogun are among the first states to enjoy this new technology.
It would be recalled that the Chairman of Dangote Cement, Aliko Dangote recently reiterated his plea to the Federal Government to consider the use of concrete roads in the country, to replace the hitherto asphalted roads
The African richest man said, it will be to the benefit of Nigerians and even the federal government to embrace the option of using concrete for roads in the country. Aside from being very cheap, he said concrete roads are more durable and that its maintenance cost is near zero.
We are pushing for Nigeria to do a concrete road, it is cheaper to do a concrete road that will last 50 years than to do a bitumen road. It will also help in eliminating corruption because if you go and build a bitumen road, it will have to be adequately maintained unlike a concrete road that is very durable.
Dangote’s Executive Director Stakeholders Relations and Corporation Communications, Engr Mansur Ahmed also strongly canvassed for the use of concrete to construct roads in the country recently at a conference in Abuja. He said: “Using concrete to make roads is a choice that Nigeria must make”
He also said concrete roads makes more economic sense for a country like Nigeria, as the use of Asphalt has left the roads in deplorable conditions. He said Asphalt is no longer evoke in developed climes.
He also revealed that the construction of concrete road is faster and can last for half a century compare to Asphalt, emphasising that concrete roads are 20 per cent cheaper to build.
According to him, in the construction of concrete roads, the cement raw materials are readily available while Asphalt is imported into the country.
It would be recalled that the company has just expanded its frontiers to Asia, by constructing a 3 million metric tons per annum (mmtpa), Cement Plant in Nepal, as part of its new investment of $4.34 billion into 10 African countries.
Currently in 15 African countries, excluding Kenya, Niger and Mali, which are new projects. The company’s current total capacity stands at 48mmtpa, out of which Nigeria alone has the largest chunk of 29.3mmtpa.
We are not only building cement plants in Africa, we have gone far away to NEPAL to build a 3 million metric tons Cement Plant capacity.
This modern road construction technology has been adjudged the cheapest and has a longer life span than the conventional asphalted roads where bitumen and chippings are used. Unlike cements that abound in Nigeria, Bitumen are mostly imported from overseas.
Pilot constructions have already commenced in various states across the country, according to a source at the company’s head office. Lagos, Bauchi, Kogi, Kaduna and Ogun are among the first states to enjoy this new technology.
It would be recalled that the Chairman of Dangote Cement, Aliko Dangote recently reiterated his plea to the Federal Government to consider the use of concrete roads in the country, to replace the hitherto asphalted roads
The African richest man said, it will be to the benefit of Nigerians and even the federal government to embrace the option of using concrete for roads in the country. Aside from being very cheap, he said concrete roads are more durable and that its maintenance cost is near zero.
Dangote’s Executive Director Stakeholders Relations and Corporation Communications, Engr Mansur Ahmed also strongly canvassed for the use of concrete to construct roads in the country recently at a conference in Abuja. He said: “Using concrete to make roads is a choice that Nigeria must make”
He also said concrete roads makes more economic sense for a country like Nigeria, as the use of Asphalt has left the roads in deplorable conditions. He said Asphalt is no longer evoke in developed climes.
He also revealed that the construction of concrete road is faster and can last for half a century compare to Asphalt, emphasising that concrete roads are 20 per cent cheaper to build.
According to him, in the construction of concrete roads, the cement raw materials are readily available while Asphalt is imported into the country.
It would be recalled that the company has just expanded its frontiers to Asia, by constructing a 3 million metric tons per annum (mmtpa), Cement Plant in Nepal, as part of its new investment of $4.34 billion into 10 African countries.
Currently in 15 African countries, excluding Kenya, Niger and Mali, which are new projects. The company’s current total capacity stands at 48mmtpa, out of which Nigeria alone has the largest chunk of 29.3mmtpa.
We are not only building cement plants in Africa, we have gone far away to NEPAL to build a 3 million metric tons Cement Plant capacity.
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