The gridlock was along the Obajana portion of the Kabba-Lokoja-Abuja Road that hosts Dangote Cement factory.
They are urging the federal government to grant more licenses to manufacturers of cement so as to bring down the prices of cement.
Transactions in the shares of Fidelity Bank topped the activity chart with 55.94 million shares valued at N160.27 million.
NEM Insurance led the laggards’ chart by 8.57 per cent to close at N3.20 per share.
Mr Adesina noted that the projects could address Nigeria’s foreign exchange deficits and save about $9 billion yearly from petroleum products imports.
All-Share Index inched higher by 1,502.68 or 3.38 per cent to close at 45,957.35 from 44,454.67 posted in the preceding week due to gains by some blue chips.
The upturn was impacted by gains recorded in large and medium capitalised stocks.
The market capitalisation on Tuesday shed N20 billion to close at N23.630 trillion.
The upturn was impacted by gains in the following stocks: Dangote Cement, BUA Foods, MRS Oil, Vitafoam and PZ Cussons.
The stock market reversed positive gains with the market capitalisation dropping N391 billion to close at N21.751 trillion from N22.142 trillion on Wednesday.
