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From left: Group Head, Learning and Development, Dangote Industries Limited, Felicia Onyechi; Managing Director, Dangote Packaging Limited, Sai Prakash; Group Chief, Human Resources Officer, Dangote Industries Limited, Nglan Niat; one of the graduate trainee; Acting Group Chief, HSSE & Sustainability, Dangote Industries Limited, James Adenuga; and Group Head, Dangote Academy, Nwaji Jibunoh, with some of the Graduate Trainees at the Dangote Graduate Trainee Induction/inauguration Programme, held in Lagos on September 18, 2023.
By Charles Okonji
As part of efforts in bridging massive unemployment ravaging the country, the Pan-African Conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited has inducted a new batch of graduate trainees in its Graduate Trainee programme, with the management declaring that continuous investments in critical sectors of the economy to create employment and promote decent jobs is irrevocable.
In his Address, the President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote gave the trajectory of the Dangote businesses, explaining it transited from being a commodity trading company to manufacturing in the quest to contributing to the industrial development of the country thus repositioning Nigeria in the African industrial landscape.
The Group’s mission according to Dangote is to touch people’s lives by providing their basic needs, adding it could only be fulfilled through manufacturing of the goods that meets people’s needs, hence the massive investments in various sectors of the economy.
Dangote noted that manufacturing to meet the people’s need comes with employment creation, as manufacturing is one of the potent ways of lifting the people from poverty through creation of gainful employment which has led the institution of the graduate trainee programme of which they are beneficiaries.
He pointed out that it was in the quest to meeting the peoples’ need through massive job creation that his Group added three new business porfolios worth over $20billion in refinery, Petrochemical and fertiliser.
The investments according to him will also generate about $16billion in foreign exchange for the country and a combined 250,000 jobs to help in reducing joblessness among the youths.
He highlighted the core values of the Dangote organisation as Customer Service, Entrepreneurship, Excellence and Leadership and urged the new trainees to dream big and be passionate about their job.
Also addressing the trainees, the Group Managing Director of Dangote Industries Limited, Kunle Alake said Dangote Group is passionate about its vision and mission and told the trainees to show the right attitude to work when deployed so as to contribute to the continuous growth of the company while also having a fulfilled career.
While taking them through various portfolios of the Group, he told them to make the best use of the opportunity offered them by being selected among hundreds that applied for the training and be dilgent in whatever they are doing.
In her presentation, the Dangote Industries Limited, Group Chief Human Resources Officer, Nglan Niat asked the trainees to consider themselves lucky to have scaled through thorough screening process and come out successfully, describing their selection as a big opportunity as they have variety of Business Units to choose from when ready for deployment.
Giving an insight into the graduate trainees programme, she explained that it was put in place to have a ready supply of manpower and talent, adding that the Dangote Group human resource vision is to “attract and retain talents through an excellent employee experience that enables sustainable growth for Dangote Group and its stakeholders.
According to her, “by applying, you have made the right decision in your career journey, working in Dangote is more than just a career, it is meaningful work which improves the lives of millions of people. You must have the right attitude and skills.”
Responding on behalf of the Trainees, Ibrahim Abdulahi thanked the management of the Group for the opportunity offered them by being selected to chart a good career path because Dangote Group is a leading conglomerate in Africa.
He assured that they will not let the management down and would conduct themselves in a way to show that their selection was not misplaced but a good decision.
