Dangote reissues call for concrete roads

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Nigeria: Aliko Dangote, Chairman of Dangote Cement, has repeated his plea to the Nigerian Federal Government to urgently adopt concrete roads in the country. Dangote stated that the adoption is hoped to be to the benefit of Nigerians if the government embraced the option of using concrete for roads in the country. Dangote claims that, aside from being very cheap, concrete roads are more durable with near zero maintenance cost.

"We are pushing for Nigeria to have concrete roads. It is cheaper to lay a concrete road that will last 50 years than to lay 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," he commented.

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