No lower than 1,500 Dangote Cement truck drivers have undergone intensive screening workout routines to establish their psychological, psychological and bodily health for protected driving.
Group Managing Director of Dangote Cement Plc, Arvind Pathak disclosed this to journalists after his presentation on the 2025 Annual Drivers Retreat held at Ilaro, Ogun state.
He defined that the screening train has been made necessary for the drivers, however it needed to be extra intensive given the scenario on the roads throughout the nation.
The Dangote Cement boss mentioned: “Every driver employed by Dangote Cement is required to endure an intensive and rigorously structured recruitment course of that features: Valid 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 check), blood stress checks, BMI -body mass index, RBS – random blood sugar check in addition to drug and alcohol testing.
“In the past two months alone, over 1,500 prospective drivers have successfully completed this process. Only those who met all required standards were engaged and certified to operate any Dangote Group vehicles. Our commitment to safety extends beyond recruitment. All drivers undergo mandatory pre-trip medical assessments, conducted by licensed nurses and doctors.”
Pathak said that the administration of Dangote Cement Plc was irrevocably dedicated to coaching and retraining of its drivers for successfully protected and clean driving throughout the size and breadth of Nigeria.
Pathak emphasised that as a number one cement producer with 1000’s of vans in its fleet, security on the highway stays the administration’s precedence.
The Dangote Cement boss said that the corporate as common highway customers perceive its dedication to the protection of different highway customers and its accountability to different members of the society, and reaffirmed the Company’s dedication to highway security, transparency, acceptable moral conduct, and provision of detailed readability on the great techniques and procedures to mitigate in opposition to any incident alongside roads throughout the nation.
According to him, “Dangote is 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 implementing suggestions that strengthen public security.
“Other screening covers utilization inside a three-month detection window, making certain 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.
