Truck owners protest sharp sand price hike in Lagos

By Evelyn UsmanLAGOS—Members of the Ikorodu- Ketu Truck Owners and Drivers Association have taken to the street, protesting the increase in price of sharp sand from N126,000 to N180,000 by the Dregers Association in Ikorodu area of Lagos.The placard-carrying protesters with the placards which read: “No more price increment,” disclosed at their operation base in Ikorodu that the price of purchasing sharp sand was increased twice in two months, by 42.86 per cent.Addressing journ