Kemi Olaitan in Ibadan
The Group Managing Director, Dangote
Cement Plc, Mr. Joseph Makoju, has said the cement giant pushes out to
the public eight million bags of the product daily.
Makoju, while speaking at the
presentation of a new GAC GA3S saloon car to the star winner of the
ongoing National Consumer Promotion in Ibadan zone, also said the
company has joined the league of 10 top producers of cement in the
world.
He added that the company uses robotic
technology to make cement, which, he said, has been giving the company
the opportunity to ensure 24-hour of monitoring of quality of the
product.
The winner of the competition, Mrs.
Success Chimezie Godwin, who complemented her National Youth Service
Corps (NYSC) in June 2019, said she found the scratch card that won the
prize for her in one of the 15 bags of cement that her husband bought to
secure a landed property of theirs in Ibadan.
The presentation, attended by cement distributors and retailers from Ibadan Zone was held at Jericho, Ibadan on Wednesday.
Also present included the company’s
Marketing Director, Mrs. Funmi Sanni; Director, National Sales and
Distribution, Mr. Adeyemi Fajobi; Regional Director, South West, Mr.
Abayomi Shittu; and Mr. Laide Raji, who represented the deputy governor
of Oyo State, Mr. Rauf Olaniyan.
Makoju, said the car presented to
Godwin, was one of the seven new cars allocated to Ibadan zone to
appreciate customers of the company, adding that a total of 43 new cars
are available for their customer during the promotion, apart from other
prizes.
According to him, “On a daily basis, we
dispatch about 40,000 tonnes of cement. Every tonne is 20 bags. If you
calculate, you will get eight million bags. So, we push out eight
million bags of Dangote cement everyday.
“Dangote Cement Plc is a single product
company. The only product we make is cement. We pride ourselves to be
the leading producer, not only in Nigeria today, but in Africa.
Actually, we have gone global.
“Recently, the top 10 cement companies
in the world formed an organisation called GCCA. I am very happy and
proud to tell you that Dangote Cement was invited. We are one of the 10
top producers of cement in the world.
“Dangote has put Nigeria on the global
map. The name Dangote itself is a brand, and everything that comes from
him is of international quality.”
Makoju, added that it was known
internationally that the company is one of the few producers cement,
“that uses what we called robotic technology to make cement.”
“What this does is we have continuous
24-hour monitoring of quality. So, the cement that comes out at the end
of the day is of the highest quality.
“We know that what you don’t compromise
in every product is quality in the long run. The other issues like price
and service, have to be there to back up quality.
“In those area again, we are a leader.
In fact, what brought us here today (Wednesday) is part of our efforts
to keep our customers satisfied and to be one step ahead of the
competition.
“Once you are the leading brand, you have to work hard to stay as the
leader, and to do that, you have to be coming up with new innovations,
and this is one of them.”
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