By Seyi Babalola
It will only take the intervention of God and President Bola Tinubu to stop him from changing his mind on use of concrete for road construction in Nigeria, Minister of Works Dave Umahi, has vowed.
He insisted that the assertions that cement prices would soar to N9,000 per bag if the government began building concrete roads, were untrue.
He asserted that people spreading such rumors are doing so as part of a significant effort by the building sector cabals to discredit him.
The former Ebonyi State Governor said this during a meeting with contractors from the six geo-political zones at the ministry’s headquarters on Tuesday, in Abuja.
“This is my line of instructions and I will do whatever the president instructs me to do. He is the only one and God that can cancel my instructions; so don’t waste your time reporting me to anyone apart from these two.
“No matter the amount of blackmail and lies, it will not prevail,” the minister reassured.
