Dealers in sand and
gravel in Port Harcourt and its environs, have commended the Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike on the on-going road reconstruction and rehabilitation  projects across the state.
Chairman of the Sand, Gravel and Building Materials Dealers Union, Rivers State, Chief Ezinna Obiji, gave the commendation  in an interview with The Tide,  on Wednesday,  in Port Harcourt.
Obiji said the on going road works in the state have gone a long way to help their  business, and that their trucks  do not breakdown  anymore as before  due to better road network.
He noted that because of the condition of roads in the past, dealers in sand and gravel incurred costs for repairs of their vehicles, observing that these costs in turn reflected on the prices of their products.
Obiji also pointed out that the bad roads contributed to heavy traffick congestion, reasoning that the truck drivers had to park  along the roadside to make  room for other trucks  at the  sandfields and to avoid crashing into houses and other properties.
He said hopefully when the roads are completed the cost  of sand and gravel  would be reviewed  downwards and thanked Governor Wike for his sensitivity to the plight of the people.

Tonye Nria-Dappa