…sets up hotline for reports
Worried by incessant road accidents and usage of its trucks for conveying contraband products, the management of Dangote Industries Limited (Dangote Group) on Tuesday appealed to members of the general public to help monitor drivers of its truck on the highway.
The company appealed to the public to report such erring drivers to a dedicated hotline with a promise to compensate genuine callers whose petitions lead to the arrest of defiant drivers.
It specifically noted that trucks belonging to it Dangote Cement are only allowed to carry Cement, High-Grade Gypsum and Coal while those belonging to Dangote Sugar (NASCON) are authorized to carry only Salt and Dan Q seasoning.
The company explained further that trucks belonging to Agrosacks, the bags producing arm of Dangote group, can only carry bags, belonging to Dangote flour Mills, Wheat, Flour and Danvita.
This was revealed in a statement on Tuesday released by Dangote Group.
The statement reads in part: “Please call Dangote Industries Limited Management hotline on all information regarding illegal haulage activities on 01- 2123567, 08070188000, 08170023846, 08152093133 and or email [email protected]
“Dangote Industries Limited also wishes to warn those that illegally transport materials on Dangote truck that such unauthorized goods, when found, shall be confiscated and such owners prosecuted to the full extent of the law.”
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the company recently intercepted one of the company’s truck loaded with contrabands in Ibadan, arrested the drivers and handed them over the Nigerian customs for further investigations and prosecutions. The arrest was effected by a crack team of the company’s security personnel led by its Chief Security Officer who acted on intelligence, bordering on misconduct by some of its drivers.
While handing over the drivers and his motor boy to the Customs Authority, Assistant General Manager, in charge of Security Services, CSP Ali Garba explained that the company has a surveillance section that monitors all his trucks and drivers’ activities.