GROUP Managing Direc-
tor, Dangote Cement Plc, Mr.
Arvind Pathak, has tasked
professional builders in the
country to prioritise the use
of quality materials in build-
ing projects as a potent means
of checking the incidence of
building collapse.
Mr. Pathak gave the charge
at the opening of the 32nd La-
gos Builders Conference of the
Nigerian Institute of Building
themed: Safe and Sustainable
Building Production Manage-
ment in Nigeria, which held
in Lagos.
The Dangote Cement boss
who was represented by the
Company’s National Sales Di-
rector, Mrs. Funmi Sanni, en-
joined the professional build-
ers to be bothered about the
menace of building collapse
on their profession and insist
on the use of quality materi-
als by associated artisans who
work closely with them.
Mrs. Sanni urged the par-
ticipants to take the issue of
quality building materials
serious and always insist on
quality so as not to dent the
reputation of the building
Institute which is one of the
most respected institutes in
the country.
The Sales Director said ev-
erybody is a builder and ev-
eryone knows that once the
foundation of any structure is
not solid, it will give way with
time, “we are all builders, if
you are not building a house,
you are building a family, you
are building a career. When
you are building a family and
one of the partners cheats,
then there will be problem
and it’s a matter of time before
the family will collapse if care
is not taken. Same thing with
structures, once you begin
to deploy inferior materials
to make money for yourself,
surely the structure will give way.”
According to her, “because
of the different needs of our
consumers, we also produce
various product range tailored
to meet the specific needs. We
have products created for each
stage of the building process
and different construction
needs. We have BlocMaster
for foundations and casting
of concrete, we have Falcon
for making of blocks, laying of
blocks, plastering/rendering,
tiling and we have 3X, the pre-
mium products of choice.
Mrs. Sanni said the man-
agement of Dangote Cement
is of the firm belief that com-
pliance with the stipulated
standards is vital to safe and
sustainable building as it elim-
inates to a great extent the
likelihood of building collapse
and therefore, production of
materials employed in build-
ing must meet acceptable standards.