Dangote Cement Plc has launched a Drivers’ Training Centre at the Dangote Cement Plant (DCP), Obajana, Kogi State to curb road transport crashes.
It has also trained 50 drivers at the centre. During the convocation last weekend, the Head of the Dangote Drivers Training Centre, Mr Harisson Pepple, said the training was in line with the company’s zero-tolerance policy for auto crashes.
Mr Pepple said the trainee drivers were drawn from the existing motor boys, and that the training period is six months.
He expressed optimism that the “days of crashes involving Dangote trucks are numbered”.
“The Trainee Drivers Programme is all-encompassing. The first twelve weeks is theoretical. Then there is a three months attachment,” he said.
He said the idea for the new Drivers Training Centre was conceived in June 2020, with the aim of training, retraining, and constantly engaging the Dangote drivers.
He also announced that the company was engaging another set of qualified drivers with Class G licenses, stressing that the company is doing everything possible to rid itself of crashes.
According to him, the company is collaborating with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in most of its activities, adding that the trainee drivers were also taught defensive driving techniques, which involves driving to save lives, time and property.
