Dangote Group brings $45m project to Sierra Leone
Dangote Cement is a well established and internationally renowned cement company operating in Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Congo, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Liberia, and many other countries in Africa. The polyvalent company is also involved in the production of sugar, salt, steel, oil and gas, and is also engaged in telecommunications among others. Dangote Cement is in Sierra Leone to establish a $45 million project that will be producing 1.3 metric tons of cement per year and will be employing 200 workers, thereby helping to reduce unemployment in the country. (Photo: Aliko Dangote, Chairman and CEO, Dangote Group)
In an exclusive interview with Sierra Express Media, the company’s Corporate Communications Officer (CCO), Tunde Oladipo of Nigeria, informed that they are now installing a cement processing plant at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay in Freetown, where they will start operation very soon. He revealed that they participated in the recent trade fair at the National Stadium, organized by the Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce. This, he noted, was to manifest their loyalty to the country and to express their readiness to work in concert with the Chamber of Commerce, though they used the occasion to advertise the company.
Tunde Oladipo stated that the company has its philanthropic wing called Dangote Foundation which is responsible for its Corporate Social Responsibility. He informed that Dangote Foundation has been active in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility within and outside the shores of Sierra Leone, intervening in flooding areas to provide relief for victims of natural disaster. He added that the foundation has also been improving health care delivery system and providing safe drinking water for needy people.
Dangote Cement Plant-Obajana, Kogi state, Nigeria
The CCO disclosed that the company has bagged many international awards for high quality production and effective service delivery, pointing out that the company focuses its Corporate Social Responsibility on education, health care, youth empowerment, and other areas as requested by the communities in which it operates.
He maintained that the company is known for treating its workers with absolute care and respect and for caring for the concerns of its customers and the general public.
Mr. Tunde stressed that they are in Sierra Leone not to exploit the country, but to contribute meaningfully to its economic and social development as evident in the fact that they will using raw materials from the country to locally produce, process, bag and sell their cement at an affordable cost for the benefit of all classes of Sierra Leoneans.
By Mohamed Y. Turay
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It is significant that Mr Tunde stressed that the company are not in Sierra Leone to exploit the country. This is an immense leap in our commerce and industry profile. Our duty will now be not to set about exploiting this company in any way. Hard work, responsible loyalty to the employers, and honesty at all times should be the order of the day. We must be seen to be serious workers in industry to succeed. I congratulate the Chamber of commerce for this development.
5th May 2013