President of the Trinidad and Tobago Aggregate Producers Alliance Nigel Tenia joins quarry workers during a protest at the Silica Sands Ltd Quarry, Silica Road, Valencia, yesterday. PHOTO BY ABRAHAM DIAZ

President of the newly formed Trinidad and Tobago Aggregate Producers Alliance (TTAPA) Nigel Tenia has warned that as many as 100,000 jobs across the construction industry are at risk as quarry operators shut down operations over the Government’s failure to issue long-overdue processing licences.