Dangote Cement Re-trains Tons of of Truck Drivers to Increase operational effectivity

…expresses dedication to absolute safer roads coverage

Administration of Dangote Cement Plc (DCP) has expressed its irrevocable dedication to coaching and fixed retraining of its truck drivers to advertise operational effectivity and secure driving throughout Nigeria.

Talking throughout its 2025 Annual Drivers’ Retreat themed, Dangote Cement’s Group Managing Director, Arvind Pathak emphasised that as a number one cement producer with 1000’s of vans in its fleet, security on the highway stays the corporate’s core mandate. He mentioned the essence of the yearly coaching is to remind the drivers of the core values of the model and make sure that they’re all dedicated to the Absolute Safer Highway Coverage of the Group.

The coaching train for the drivers in DCP Ibese Plant passed off in Ilaro space of Ogun State, with over 900 drivers in attendance. One other intensive re-training train for extra drivers has been scheduled to happen in Obajana, Kogi State subsequent week.

The Dangote Cement boss reaffirmed the Firm’s dedication to highway security, transparency, applicable moral conduct, and provision of detailed readability on the great methods and procedures to mitigate towards any incident alongside roads throughout the nation.

Mr. Pathak mentioned Dangote was a accountable organisation that persistently cooperates with the Nigeria Police and different related authorities within the investigation of reported incidents with help of all lawful processes, aimed toward establishing the information and routinely implement suggestions that strengthen public security.

He defined that that each driver employed by Dangote Cement is required to endure an intensive and rigorously structured recruitment course of that features Legitimate Driver’s license class G, background verification of each the motive force and their guarantors, complete medical analysis, together with imaginative and prescient screening (eye take a look at), blood strain checks, physique mass index (BMI), random blood sugar (RBS) take a look at in addition to drug and alcohol testing.

“Different recruitment screening covers utilization inside a three-month detection window, guaranteeing figuring out any historical past of substance use earlier than employment, completion of a two-week intensive coaching programme, which consists of twelve security modules, sensible driving assessments, and written examinations”, the Cement GMD said.

In response to him, “Prior to now two months alone, over 2,000 potential drivers have efficiently accomplished this course of. Solely those that meet all required requirements had been engaged and authorized to function any Dangote Group autos. Our dedication to security extends past recruitment. All drivers endure necessary pre-trip medical assessments, performed by licensed nurses and medical doctors.

“These embrace common checks on blood strain, imaginative and prescient, and general health, guaranteeing drivers are bodily and mentally match to function safely. To implement compliance with our zero-tolerance coverage on substance use, random drug checks are performed routinely throughout our operations.”

Mr. Pathak said that Dangote Cement would proceed to collaborate with the Federal Highway Security Corps (FRSC) and different regulatory businesses to make sure that all coaching, compliance, and operational processes should not solely standardised but additionally repeatedly improved, including that these authorities are additionally actively concerned in monitoring and analysis of their security practices.

He maintained that Dangote Cement stays totally dedicated to strengthening driver onboarding and coaching, implementing strict security and behavioural requirements, making use of punitive measures to curb errant driving, collaborating with authorities businesses, regulators, and communities to enhance highway security, guaranteeing transparency, accountability, and compassion in all the pieces they do.

Additionally addressing the assembled drivers, the Group Chief, Well being Security Social and Atmosphere Officer & Sustainability operate, Dangote Industries Restricted (DIL), Dr. James Adenuga harassed the significance of security protocols and famous that the method was not simply to coach the drivers on the implications however to repeatedly remind them of necessities of security guides.

Adenuga additional said that the common coaching was to coach them within the language they perceive and educate them how the coaching issues to them. He gave insights on the measures put in place to make sure the fitting people are recruited as drivers, saying a number of the {qualifications} for recruiting the drivers included minimal of secondary college certificates, capability to talk English language with writing and studying expertise, freed from substance abuse, 2-5 years driving expertise, possession of  Class-G  drivers’ license, guarantors and rigorous coaching amongst different measures.

“We additionally associate Federal Highway Security Corps (FRSC) to coach and put together them for skilled driving in order to equip and provides them the fundamentals and fundamentals to stop them for reckless driving. We equally have a course of to provide recognition and award to people who profess conduct and good behaved drivers amongst their friends,” he added.

Taking the drivers by means of some necessities for secure driving, a Highway Security Skilled, Mr. Oje Ebhota defined that the selection of the subject for his paper centred on security driving habits for accident-free journeys.

Mr. Ebhota listed acts reminiscent of aggressiveness, impatient driving, use of cellphone whereas driving, taking alcoholic drink and disobedience to visitors indicators, as negatives towards the tenet of secure driving.

He suggested the assembled drivers to take heed to harmful overtaking and to drive inside the driving restrict of 60km per hour in order that they don’t veer off the highway and trigger accidents that might have an effect on negatively different highway customers.

In response to him, “let me let you know all, drivers are the ambassadors of Dangote Group. Apart being ambassadors, you might be additionally stakeholders that must be cautious and think about different highway customers as necessary whereas on the highway.”