VULCAN:
If only you know that your explanation has made a case for why we should be importing cement.

When something made in Nigeria costs almost twice what it does elsewhere and that thing is a staple needed by everybody then there is no sense in continuing to manufacture it.

No businessman in Nigerian history has gotten the type of benefits Dangote has. Tax breaks, govt supported monopoly, part of the Apapa Wharf is ceded to Dangote etc.

So if he cannot use these advantages coupled with technology to give us cheap cement...he should close down and allow importation.

allow importation and waste our forex abi

interesting


In many countries, some level of protectionism is practiced to protect and encourage local content

Switzerland for example has things more expensive locally than imported, yet they are protectionist

things cost a whole lot in Switzerland yet the govt wants it like that

Dangote is doing okay to me.


And he has also committed over $7b in investments in cement

so I think its fair he reaps the benefits

thedio:

What u don't know is far away from u.a word is snuff for a wise

LMAO

I don hear you

plainol:
This Dangote guy has introduced this 42.5 since time immemorial. The noise about it now is what I don't understand.

Cement sells for less than #1500 in other countries but Dangote will be wicked to Nigerians by selling above #2500.

That guy will kill Nigerians when his refinery finally starts work.

He's a fucking greedy wicked businessman that I never wish to emulate.

Such a wicked soul as a fellow country man.

Educated youth celebrate the monopolist

IF YOU LIKE USE GOLD CEMENT,AS LONG AS THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER ARE NOT EMPLOY TO CARRY OUT THIER FUNCTION.ALL NA WASH

ajayiopy:
IF YOU LIKE USE GOLD CEMENT,AS LONG AS THE STRUCTURAL ENGINEER ARE NOT EMPLOY TO CARRY OUT THIER FUNCTION.ALL NA WASH

exactly

gregyboy:

Educated youth celebrate the monopolist

Damgote is not a monopolist o
let's know that

The quality of cement have never been the issues of building collapse

The major cause of building collapse is poor or in proper mixture

Low quality iron rod, like using 12mm rod in place of 16mm rod and still expect it to carry same load

Everyone now seems to be a builder

Those that study civil engineering courses are now contesting with dafts as engineers

Cumtroller:
Afonja building contractors will still use one bag of the said cement for 67 parts of sand.

The era of collapsed buildings in Nigeria is not going away anytime soon.

they don course this boy with afonja,,,,if u sleep,afonja wake sef,afonja

OLORIBURUKU OMO

All these block makers are killers. Even with an improved brand of cement, a bag is equivalent to 32 bags. Considering the block is even hollow and not compact. No wonder buildings are cracking up and falling all over the place. I'm no longer buying blocks from them. I'm going to mold on contract and supervise it by myself no matter the extra cost.

This is very funny! Please do not be deceived!
It is not the cement you use that determines weather your building will or will not collapse.

VULCAN:
If only you know that your explanation has made a case for why we should be importing cement.

When something made in Nigeria costs almost twice what it does elsewhere and that thing is a staple needed by everybody then there is no sense in continuing to manufacture it.

No businessman in Nigerian history has gotten the type of benefits Dangote has. Tax breaks, govt supported monopoly, part of the Apapa Wharf is ceded to Dangote etc.

So if he cannot use these advantages coupled with technology to give us cheap cement...he should close down and allow importation.

It's easy to criticize. But if u have to criticize, do it constructively. Let's just use simple economics here. If u buy at the so called cheaper price, have u considered the cost of freight from that country to urs. Import duties and clearing costs. Have u also considered the cost of repackaging since the cement is not coming in bags. Which means u have to set up a small repacking plant or lease one. On the plus side, Dangote is providing jobs for Nigerians and paying govt tax. REMEMBER THIS. The policies Dangote is taking advantage of were not made for him but for indigenous manufacturers. Nobody stops other so-called billionaires from entering the market. His refinery is almost complete. Eight of them were giving license to build but he's the only one building. Others converted their license to importation licenses. When he starts selling tomorrow, some of u will still wail from morning till night about Dangote being a monopolist. On the the issue of apapa wharf, it is the govt that sold off ur port space in the name of privatization. If u know the number of our so-called heros that bought some of the spaces, u'll be baffled. HE'S NOT A MONOPOLIST. He's just a wise business man

who told dangote that building collapse is from the block?
broda dangote building collapse is from the structural element, block is for partitioning.

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Next, next na Dangote Cemetery to follow this bricks!

lonelydora:
Oga Sell your cement and forget all these tricks.

Building will still collapse as long as we continue to use cheap labour masons and call them Engineers.

Once you can peg, wear helmet and boot....you are a building engineer.

My brother, I juss taya for de matta

akelicious:
As part of efforts to end cases of building collapse in the country, Dangote Cement has come out with Dangote BlocMaster Cement.

According to the group managing director, Joe Makoju, the 42.5R cement grade innovation will also translate into more income for block-makers and in the long run for the country.

Speaking at the official launch of the product in Lagos, Makoju asserted that BlocMaster, which is an improvement on the company’s three cement brands, “is the best” for block-making and concrete application.


Describing it as affordable and good for Nigerians because of its rapid setting, especially during the rainy season, he said that the new brand was a product of years of deep research, testing and experimentation, adding that it had been tested and approved by builders nationwide.

“With a block-making motif to resonate key targets, the product guarantees better value for money as it can produce over 32 blocks per bag, achieve up to 50 megapascal after 28 days and get 50 per cent stronger a day after use,” he said.

While commending Lagos distributors as major determinants of its sales nationwide, the GMD disclosed that the product, a combination of good price and quality, was designed to salvage the building and construction challenges in the country.

Group chief marketing officer of the company, Oare Ojeikere, described the new cement as multi-purpose and strong, urging Nigerians to adopt it for all construction purposes, considering the attestations of hundreds of builders who had used it before the launch.

National president of Block Moulders Association of Nigeria (BMAN), Rasheed Adebowale, appreciating the peculiarity of the product, said he could produce as much as 35 blocks with a bag of the cement, while still maintaining standard requirements.

https://www.akelicious.net/2018/10/dangote-cement-introduces-blocmaster-to.html

The strength of block does not prevent prevent house from falling

id4sho:
Hausa man teaching igbo clans how to do business.

dangote cement are known to be the weakest cement in Nigeria, no one uses it to mould blocks even though it is 100 naira cheaper than other blocks like Bua n Ibeto which are the main blocks used for moulding blocks.

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When next you buy blocks, pick a sample and drop it from a height of about 4ft. There and then you will see what the problem is: Using a bag of cement to mold 50 blocks.

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Come onand see Nigerian builders using ten barrow of sand on one bag. It is corruption that is collapsings, not cement quality.

These days, blocks are merely packs of sand

In essence your old cement was crap