Dangote Cement Plc has constructed no fewer than seventeen boreholes within the communities hosting the company, Obajana Plant in Kogi State.
In a statement from the Public Communication Unit of Dangote Group on Tuesday, the distribution of the project is; Obajana 6, Oyo 6, Iwaa 2 and Apata 3.
Speaking at the Dangote Cement Plc-sponsored two-day workshop, organized for journalists in the North Central of Nigeria, the General Manager, Community Affairs/Special Duties, Mr. Ademola Adeyemi, said the water projects were implemented to address the needs of the communities as the influx of people continues to increase on a daily basis.
He said the project was part of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility.
Mr. Adeyemi, according to the statement, told newsmen that the company had a robust relationship with its host communities, adding that only recently, the clinic at Iwaa community built by the company under the Community Development Agreement with mining communities of Oyo and Iwaa, as stipulated by the Nigerian Mining Act, was supplied with additional medical equipment.
Penultimate week, according to the statement, at the instance of Oyo community, the company laid the foundation for the construction of a block of 3 classrooms with offices, staff common rooms and toilets to facilitate the take-off of a UBE secondary school in the community, thereby saving the children from the stress of accessing secondary education at neighbouring communities.
“During the foundation laying ceremony, a newly completed borehole was also commissioned.
“At the event, the Baalo of Oyo, Oba Solomon Obahawu, commended the company for contributing to the development of his community.
Meanwhile, the statement said the company had earlier this year trained and graduated no fewer than 40 women in fashion design in its drive for empowerment of women and youth.
Head of Social Performance, Dangote Cement Plc, Head Office, Mr. Wakeel Olayiwola, had said the empowerment was one in the series of several other interventions for host communities being executed by Dangote Cement Plc across Africa,” part of the statement reads in part.
Mr. Olayiwola expressed optimism that the graduates will create a chain of other graduates under them through apprenticeship, which will support job creation efforts in the communities around Kogi State.
Plant Director, Dangote Cement Plc, Obajana, Plant, Mr. JV Gungune, told newsmen that the skills acquisition scheme was meant to support the government in its job creation efforts and ensure local economic development.
