“We are very happy at the moment. We can categorically state that we are in more than five states across the country already constructing roads. The reception has been wonderful. State governments are beginning to see the need to embrace concrete roads and we are very happy at the way things are currently going,” the company said.

The Chairman, Dangote Cement Plc, Aliko Dangote, recently reiterated his plea to the Federal Government to consider the use of concrete in road construction in the country.

The African richest man said it would be to the benefit of Nigerians if the Federal Government embraced the option of using concrete for roads in the country, adding that aside from being cheap, concrete roads were more durable, with near zero maintenance cost.

“We are pushing for Nigeria to do concrete roads. 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 added.

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The Chairman, Chicason Group, Dr. Chika Okafor, said in a statement that the work on the estate, which is for civil servants and other interested individuals, started a fortnight ago, and that 3,000 houses would be ready for occupation by the end of this year.

He added that the entire estate would be ready before the second quarter of next year.

“One thing that made the project different from other housing projects in Abuja is the good reputation that the Chicason Group has created for itself over the years. Out of the 10,000 housing units in the first cluster, we are beginning with the construction of 3,000 houses for now, and the Trade Union Congress is one of the major subscribers to the houses,” he said.

The Executive Director, Chicason Group, Mr. Adike Chux, was quoted as saying that the united workers’ housing scheme would deliver 10,000 housing units in plots 301 and 302, L22 Southern Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory in the fifth phase of the development of the FCT.

Chux explained that the project was been sponsored by the Chicason Group and being developed by Rock of Ages, while the other collaborators include the TUC, Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company Plc and Trust Bond Mortgage Bank, among others.

According to him, the subscribers cut across different categories of people, including officers and men of the Nigeria Customs Service and employees of the Economic Community of West African States, adding that the houses are in 12 types to suit different tastes.

Chux said, “The subscribers will make equity contributions depending on the house type preferred; the apartment blocks range from two-bedroom flats to three-bedroom flats, and workers who are contributors to the National Housing Fund automatically qualify to apply for the houses.

“Some of the facilities and social infrastructure the subscribers will enjoy are good road network, independent power supply, water that will be metered to various apartments, hospital, secondary school, primary school, banks, petrol stations, office complexes, motor service stations and shopping mall.

“To achieve all this, Chicason is working with the Development Control Department of the Federal Capital Development Authority to avoid the use of substandard materials. The project is bigger than that of Gwarinpa; and in the next six months, work would have gone far.”

The statement also quoted a former Director-General of the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute, Prof. Charles Ofoegbu, as saying the united housing scheme for Nigeria workers was in line with what he had been advocating in the past 10 years.

He said, “Mind you, housing is a fundamental human right, everyone should have the right to own a house; the government has the responsibility of providing houses through the use of credible estate developers like Rock of Ages Properties to meet the housing needs of its citizens and our mortgage banks should be empowered to deliver.

“Many super countries used housing infrastructure to reach where they are today; when you build a house, you build an economy; what I mean is that many lives will be touched by employing people to work on a construction site. For a country like Nigeria that claimed to be the giant of Africa, more than 20 per cent of it citizens lack adequate housing.”

PUNCH.

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The company said in a statement on Tuesday that the commencement of production in the Cameroonian commercial city came in the wake of the inauguration of another 1.5 million tonnes capacity per annum Senegal plant in Pout in January.

The company had last year listed six plants across five African countries for completion this year.

The plants, according to the President and Chief Executive, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote will add about 13.5 million metric tonnes of cement per annum to the existing capacity upon completion.

The plants are located in Zambia, with 1.5mmtpa capacity; Tanzania, 1.5mmtpa; South Africa, 3mmtpa; Republic of Congo, 1.5mmtpa; Gabon, 1.5mmtpa; and Senegal, 1.5mmtpa

Back home in Nigeria, Dangote Cement ramp up capacity, adding third and fourth production lines to the existing 6mmtpa in Ibese, Ogun State, to bring the total capacity to 12mmtpa, and another 3mmtpa line is currently being added to the Obajana Cement Plant in Kogi State.

Dangote told a delegation from Organised Private Sector, who visited him in his office in Lagos, that the 1.5mmtpa plant in Cameroon commenced initial production at one million tonnes per annum before it would be stepped up to the maximum capacity level.

He stated that the Douala plant would revolutionise the cement industry in Cameroon and help stimulate the Western African economy as Dangote Cement would be churning out its 42.5 quality grade of cement at a very competitive price.

Dangote explained that the plant remained the most modern in Cameroon because of the latest technologies used in its construction from Germany, United States and France by the renowned plant engineering firm, Sinoma.

He stated that the company started by importing clinker and that production was being carried out in the most environmental friendly level, pointing out that the dust emission by the plant was lower than the 50mm international standard.

He promised that Dangote Cement as a law abiding organisation would play by the rules of the land and that it would replicate its robust corporate social services in the host community.

On the economic benefit of the plant, Dangote stated that over 1,000 people would be employed directly, while 5,000 others would benefit from the indirect employment to be generated by the production activities of the plant.

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