The Chairman of Dangote Cement, Aliko Dangote thinks the best road building material is the cement as against bitumen. He pleas with the Nigeria Federal Government to urgently adopt concrete roads (made of cement and aggregates instead of bitumen) in the country.
Africa’s richest man said it would be to the benefit of Nigerians if the government embraced the option of using concrete for roads in the country. Aside from being very cheap, he said concrete roads were more durable with near zero maintenance cost.
Dangote said, “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 Cement, according to a statement, has just expanded its frontiers to Asia by constructing a three-million-metric-tonne per annum plant in Nepal as part of its investment of $4.34bn in 10 African countries.
The company is currently in 15 African countries, excluding Kenya, Niger and Mali, which are new projects, the statement added.
What do you guys think : Cement or Bitumen? Discuss based on the science behind it.
Credit: Punch
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