Dangote Group of companies yesterday in Kogi state, said the group and its Obajana Cement plant were doing the best to ensure that the environment was very safe for all, including our host communities and business partners by imploring various safety measures.
“Environmental sustainability needs collective effort because it’s an attitude and a way of life which we all have to play a role to make conducive, said Mr Wale Adedeji, Head, Dangote Academy.
“We should know that we need the environment more than it needs us, therefore, we should protect it for our own good”, he said.
Also, Mr Ademola Adeyemi, General Manager, Human Resources, Dangote Plant, said that the company was doing a lot of Community Social Responsibility (CSR) in the four communities it was operating in Kogi.
He said that two of the communities where mining of the raw materials were being done, many facilities like healthcare and educational, water and electricity supply were made available to the people.
Adeyemi said the issue of security and safety was also taken so serious by the company, which has provided police security posts and use of vigilance group to secure lives and property.