Charity Anslem

In a bid to stem the rising cost of cement and other building materials and enhance the delivery of affordable housing in Nigeria, the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Ahmed Dangiwa has called for a meeting with manufacturers of Cement and other building materials in the country.

The move is aimed at better understanding the challenges in the sector, sharpening measures to mitigate the rising cost of building materials in the country and finding sustainable ways to address them.

The minister in a statement by the special adviser on media, Mark Chiese, lamented the high cost of building materials despite the abundance of its raw materials in the country.

He also queried the recurring disproportionate increase in the price of cement in particular, especially considering that cement producers in the country source virtually all their raw materials locally.