The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has banned the use of laterite for road construction in the country.
The minister, according to a statement issued on Friday by the Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry, Lere-Adams Blessing, announced the measure while inaugurating a committee on the Reconstruction of the Benin-Warri dual carriageway and the dualization of the East-West Road road in River State.
He ordered contractors to start using lumps, sharp sand, and stone base to form the base before laying concrete or asphalt pavement.
