Sustainable Cement Utilization
[Enugu, Enugu State Nigeria]

4.2.6 Respondent’s view on the brand of cement used/sold On the brand of cement mostly used and sold 65.08% of the dealer said that they sell off Dangote brand of cement easily, 22.22% said Ibeto is the brand they sale while 12.7% are categorized under Objana. From the above analysis it can be deduced that Dangote is the brand sold off easily in Enugu State this could be as a result of Ibeto going off supply for some years and other brand either no longer in production like Nkalagu cement or not so much in use in Enugu state due to the fact that some products have been so known in Enugu State.

4.2.7 Respondents view on reasons for the brand sold and quantity gotten every week From the response, 68.25% of the respondents said that their reason for selling a particular is because the products are easily sold off while 15.87% also said that people prefer a particular product because it is a good product for construction. It can therefore be seen that the preference to a brand of cement is generally because people get use to a particular product therefore tend to make a demand for it and the sellers will only bring that which they are very sure to sell off. And every dealer will want to get his shop stocked at all time and will pick the available product.

On the quantity of bags of cement gotten weekly, 20.63% said that they get less than 100, 26.98% are categorized as between 100 and 300 while 36.51% are categorized between 300 and 600. The last group gets over 600, that is 15.87%. The quantity of cement gotten weekly depends on the ability of the seller to sell off the products stocked. This could be because most dealers do not have enough capital to buy in large quantity.

4.2.8 Respondent’s reason on the ability to meet up with the demand and reason for short fall in supply Table shows that 47.62% of the respondents said that they don’t always meet up with the demand of cement in their shops, 14.3% are grouped as ciii meets the demand very often while 38.1% rarely meet up with the demand. It can be seen that while some can meet up with the demands, other find it not very easy to meet up with the demand. This shows that at some time in the year that cement will be scarce because demand is not always meet.

On the reason for the shortfall in supply, 12.7% indicated that the problem for the shortfall in supply is raw material, 28.6% said it was power supply. 9.5% of the respondents indicated it was distribution network, 31.75% said it was transportation, 9.5 said is lack of government support while 7.9% indicated that all the above factors affect the shortage in supply.

This shoes that the factor responsible for the shortfall is supply varies from individual. Both the government, cement producers and distributors have a role to play and this joint effort will bring the dreamed success.

4.2.9.1: Respondent’s view on the effect of transportation and effect of cement utilization on the environment On the respondent’s view, 11.1% indicated that the effect of transportation is delay, 73.02% said it was price increase while 15.87% indicated it was pollution.

On the effect of utilization on the environment, 61.9% of the respondents said that cement utilization creates job opportunity, 15.87% indicated that cement utilization causes pollution on the environment. This is s a result of dust being raised and also carbon dioxide emitted from the exhaust because and when there is traffic congestion this effect becomes unbearable as the increase is much. 12.7% of the respondents said that cement utilization increases the standard of living in their environment while cv 9.5% of the respondents say that cement utilization leans to loss of farm land.

4.2.9.2: Respondent’s view on alternative to housing The response shows that 36.51% of the respondents say that there are alternatives to housing production other than the use of cement, 63.5% are cvi of the view that there are no alternatives even though some exist that they are practically not in use very much under sue.

On the available alternatives, 42.86% are of the view that the alternative to cement is mud/clay while 17.46% say it is interlocking blocks while 14.29% says it is bricks.

This shows that the available alternatives which include mud, interlocking blocks and bricks are not so much in use. This is some alternatives are considered rather too low a material for the high class that is mud. Some others are not in popular use because its use is still very silent in Enugu state. Therefore I suggest that proper workshop and seminars should be held in other to create awareness and to teach the production of these alternatives to the public. Where this is in proper use, the use of cement will decrease considerably thereby reducing its drastic effect and danger to the environment.

On the use of these alternatives, 23.81% of the respondents say that these alternatives are moderately in use while 76.19% say that their use is ver negligible. cvii This is so because of lack of awareness, people tend to go with what they are very use to and are very relevant to more on with new changes but if they are enlightened they will, their fears will be conquered.