Nigeria, March 13 -- The House of Representatives has summoned the major cement manufacturers over the spike in the price of the product in the country.

The summon followed a motion jointly moved by Gaza Gbefwi (SDP, Nasarawa) and Ademorin Kuye (APC, Lagos), during plenary on Wednesday.

The manufacturers are to appear before the entire House to brief the lawmakers on the 'arbitrary increase in cement price'.

Moving the motion, Mr Gbefwi said there is no reason for price increment because most of the input used for the manufacturing of cement, like lime, silica, alumina, iron oxide, and gypsum - are all sourced locally and not affected by exchange rate volatility.

The lawmaker claimed that all factors of production and "elements of the...