Cameroon community hails Dangote Cement on road

Members of Tombel community in Douala, Cameroon, have commended Dangote Cement for complementing government’s efforts in the provision of road infrastructure in their communities, as part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

The Deputy Mayor, Tombel, Enongene Bazie Ebong, explained that the development of a 5km road in topography with loose soil has not only opened up the economy but also reduced the number of out-of-school children in the community.

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A Community Leader, Menoh Moses, noted that the construction of the road has helped the community to develop, even as he asked for continued intervention in the states.

On his part, Batoke Chief, HRH Molungu Otto Molive, stated that the partnership forged between the community and Dangote Cement has been sustainable with each party fulfilling its agreement.

“We have a Memorandum of Understanding on the things that we believe would be of benefit to our people.

“Under the agreement, 80 children in the community are enjoying scholarships from the company, while some of our youths are gainfully employed at the quarry.

“We agreed to have a project each year and we are bold to say that Dangote Cement has fulfilled its part of the bargain well”, the paramount ruler added.

Minister of Mines, Industry and Technological Development of Cameroon, Gabriel Dodo Ndocke, said: “Dangote has thrown the market open and before he came to Cameroon, our market was with just one investor in the sector.

“The presence of other investors has made it easy for us to get cement in good quality.”

Country Manager, Dangote Cement Cameroon SA, Bertrand Thaïs Mbouck, said: “When it comes to our CSR involvement and in the past six years, we have been spending an average of about 80 million CFA across the country every other year.

“Presently, we are doing a lot in all the communities where we have operations by building schools, community halls, by fixing the roads and many other things.”