The House of Representatives has sent a stern warning to the Cement Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (CMAN) over the arbitrary increase in the price of cement in the country.
The
Chairman, House Joint Committee on the Arbitrary Increase in the Price of
Cement, Gaza Gbwefi, who issued the warning in Abuja on Monday, said the
persistent absence of the cement manufacturers after being summoned twice by
the lawmakers was an affront to the powers of the National Assembly.
The
House of Representatives has sent a stern warning to the Cement Manufacturers
Association of Nigeria (CMAN) over the arbitrary increase in the price of
cement in the country.
The
Chairman, House Joint Committee on the Arbitrary Increase in the Price of
Cement, Gaza Gbwefi, who issued the warning in Abuja on Monday, said the
persistent absence of the cement manufacturers after being summoned twice by
the lawmakers was an affront to the powers of the National Assembly.
He also
warned CMAN to desist from using frivolous court injunctions to interfere with
the ongoing investigation of the arbitrary increase in the price of cement in
the country.
Gaza
also submitted that the CEO of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection
Commission (FCCPC), Ms Boladale Adeyinka is not doing enough to protect
consumers and users of cement in line with the laws which established the
commission.
Speaking
to representatives of the FCCPC chairman, Gaza told the agency to go back and
rework and represent the four paged document submitted to the house on the
investigations of cement price increase.
The Edo
State Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye, has shared details on the
abduction of Dangote Cement Company workers travelling in a Coaster bus from
Okpella, Etsako West Local Government Area in Edo North Senatorial District.
Recall media
reports made last week that workers in the cement Company were ambushed and
attacked.
Sharing
more details on the development, Adegboye disclosed that three of the victims,
with gunshot injuries, were rescued and were already receiving treatment in a
hospital.
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