Dangote inducts new graduate trainees, says youth employment key to national growth

*Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group, assures of creating more job opportunities, as he affirms that manufacturing to meet the consumers’ needs comes with employment creation, which is a potent way of lifting the people from poverty through gainful employment

Isola Moses | ConsumerConnect

Dangote Industries Limited (DIL), a Pan-African conglomerate, has inducted a new batch of Graduate Trainees with the Management declaring that continuous investments in critical sectors of the economy to create employment and promote decent jobs are irrevocable.

The conglomerate Wednesday, September 20, 2023, stated that youth employment is important in engendering to national growth.

Aliko Dangote, President of Dangote Group, who said this while addressing the trainees Tuesday, gave the trajectory of the Dangote businesses.

Strategic importance of manufacturing in employment creation, by Dangote

Dangote explained the Pan-African conglomerate had transited from being a commodity trading company to manufacturing in the quest to contribute the industrial development of the country, and repositioning Nigeria in the African industrial landscape.

The President of DIL also stated that the mission of the Group is to touch the peoples’ 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 investments in various sectors of the economy.

Manufacturing to meet the people’s needs 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, said he.

Dangote further stated that it was in the quest to meet consumers’ need through massive job creation that his Group of Companies added three new business portfolios worth over $20billion in refinery, Petrochemical and fertilizer.

The investments, according to him, will also generate about $ 16 billion in foreign exchange for the country and a combined 250,000 jobs to help in reducing joblessness among the youths.

Core values of Dangote Group

The President of Dangote Group as well 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, Kunle Alake, Group Managing Director (GMD) of Dangote Industries Limited, 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 diligent in whatever they are doing.

In her presentation also, Nglan Niat, Group Chief Human Resources Officer at DIL, urged the trainees to consider themselves lucky to have scaled through thorough screening process and come out successfully.

Niat also described 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.

The Group Chief Human Resources Officer disclosed 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.”

“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,” she said.

Responding on behalf of the Trainees, Ibrahim Abdullahi, one of the trainees, thanked the Management of the Group for the opportunity offered them to chart a good career path because Dangote Group is a leading conglomerate in Africa.

Abdullahi assured that they would not let the Management down, but conduct themselves in a way to show that their selection was not misplaced but a good decision.

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