A cross section of cement
dealers in Port Harcourt have lauded the introduction of new cement grades 42.5 and 32.5 quality into the market by Dangote Group.
Speaking to The Tide at Mile 4, Rumueme on Friday, a wholesaler of the product, Mr Ebenu Onogusu said the new cement grade 42.5 quality has a more higher strength among the newly introduced quality grades of cement products in the country.
Onogusu said that the introduction of the 32.5 cement grade by the Dangote Company would ensure that the consumer paid an appropriate price for the right value rather than paying more for lower grade of cement in the market.
He said cement dealers in the State have been briefed by the management of Dangote Cement on the necessity of  the entrance of the new cement grades into the market.
The business tycoon said the 42.5 cement grade would be more solid for concrete works, with higher strength for durability.
He commended the cement company for effectively complying with the directive of the Standards Organsiation of Nigeria (SoN) to all the cement manufacturing companies to also comply with SoN’s directive on upgrading of cement quality in Nigeria.
He said the new cement grades have all the necessary details to assist the consumers now the cement package expiry date, batch number and content  specification for their benefit.
Also speaking to The Tide, another cement dealer along Rumuolumeni Road, axis of Port Harcourt, Sir Solomon Uwakwe said the new grades of cement would facilitate market for cement dealers in the State and the country.
Uwakwe said the introduction of the new cement grades 42.5 and 32.5 was a great improvement in content quality and production of cement in the country.
He appealed to the various cement manufacturers to always make the cement products easily available in the market as demand for cement products has increased by the end users.
He called for review of the price of the various cement grades for affordability by the members of the public.