Nigeria cement manufacturers and other stakeholders have expressed mixed reactions to a move by the country's standards regulatory agency to dictate cement production and use.
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has directed all cement makers to ensure that, before their product is released to the market, packaging material contains detailed information on the quality of the cement and what it is used for. The agency also has given guidelines on which type of cement should be used for what construction works, triggering protests from the country's two leading cement manufacturers, Lafarge WAPCO and Dangote Cement.