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Dangote Cement donates work tools to artisans

By on November 24, 2015

Dangote Cement Plc has announced the donation of work tools to artisans around Unity Road junction in Ikeja, Lagos State, as part of efforts to enable them to deliver better jobs.

The firm said in a statement that the artisans, who usually gather at the junction waiting to be hired by contractors, included bricklayers, plumbers, block moulders, concrete mixers and loaders.

“They gather under the sun while waiting for contractors or those in need of their services. Dangote Cement, as part of its corporate social responsibility project, donated shovels, plastic tables and chairs as well as beach umbrellas to them, and also dressed them in its branded T-shirts,” the statement read in part.

The Regional Director, Marketing Services, Dangote Cement Plc, Mr. Johnson Olaniyi, who led the firm’s team to a ceremony where the items were presented to the artisans, told them that the management of the company decided to provide them with the items so as to ease their work.

Olaniyi urged the artisans to regard themselves as brand ambassadors of Dangote Cement, with the branded shirts, while going about their business.

The Chairman of the artisans, Mr. Dauda Lawal, was quoted as saying that the gifts proved that the cement company was willing to boost productivity in the construction sector.
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