The Dangote Cement Company has written to the Vice-Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, over a fatal crash involving one of its trucks whose brakes failed in front of the university gate and killed no fewer than 10 students.
In a Facebook post, a former spokesman for the Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Joe Igbokwe, had noted that the mother of the three siblings killed in the crash also died of shock on hearing the sad news about her children. The GMD, Pucheros, wrote, “On behalf of the Board, Management and Staff of the Dangote Cement Plc, allow me to extend my deepest condolences to you and the entire academic community of the Adekunle Ajasin University on the sad demise of those students who were affected by the unfortunate truck incident which occurred recently.
“Already, strict internal control measures are in place across the cement group operations to check and sanction all erring drivers or third party officials who through their careless actions cause avoidable accidents or loss of innocent lives.
DangoteGroup If they mention compensation, the exposure liability of the firm would be huge considering all the lives lost through the actions of their drivers. The company can choose to shift the blame to the government - bad roads! And nothing will happen
DangoteGroup If na to open yanch for room 306 you go Sabi..
DangoteGroup You need to do the needful AlikoDangote and DangoteGroup. Imagine if one of these trucks kills a family member? The victims families need to be compensated. In saner climes someone would be going to jail for negligence.
DangoteGroup Maybe baba don dey wreck
DangoteGroup Compensation is not even enough, something must be done about their truck and drivers that kills many people yearly. O to ge