The Pan African Conglomerate, Dangote Industries Limited has inducted a new batch of Graduate Trainees In Its Graduate Trainees Programme, with the management declaring that continuous investment in critical sectors of the economy to create employment and promote decent jobs is irrevocable. Addressing the trainees, President of 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 contribute to the Industrial development of the country thus repositioning Nigeria in African Industrial Landscape. He explained that the mission of the Group is to touch the people’s lives by providing their basic needs and that this could only be fulfilled through manufacturing of the goods that could meet the people’s needs hence the massive investment in various sectors of the economy. According to him, manufacturing to meet the people’s needs comes with employment creation as manufacturing of lifting the people from poverty through creation of gainful employment which led to the Institution of the graduate trainee programme of which they are beneficiaries. He added it was in the quest to meet the people’s need through massive job creation that the Group added three new business portfolios worth over 200 billion dollars in refinery, petrochemical and fertilizer. The Investments according to him will also generate about 16 billion dollars in foreign exchange for the Country and a combined 250,000 jobs to help in reducing unemployment 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 the 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 diligent in whatever they do. 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 the Screening process and come out successfully, described their selection as a big opportunity as they have variety of Business Units to choose from when they were deployed. Giving an insight into the graduate trainees programme, she explained that it was put in place to have a ready supply of manpower and talents, adding that the Dangote Group human resources vision is to attract and retain talents through excellent employee experience that enable 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 meant the work which improves the lives of million of people. Responding on behalf of the trainees, Ibrahim Abdullahi who was also part of the trainees, thanked the management of the Group for the opportunity offered them by being selected to Chat 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.
Employment: Dangote Industries new graduate trainees; Says youth employment is key to nation’s growth —– promises more job opportunities
