Dangote Group Launches Driver Retraining Program to Curb Rising Truck Accidents

Popular Dangote Group, in conjunction with the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has initiated a training program for truck drivers amid rising road accidents.

This came following the backlashes that trailed the conglomerate’s drivers’ recklessness, which has cost the lives of multiple victims, including BBNaija’s winner, Phyna’s sister.

In the video circulating on social media, a group of Dangote truck drivers gathered for a lecture on safety measures, cautions, and other notable road safety lectures.

The training session, which featured fewer than 50 drivers, has sparked a wave of reactions from many Nigerians, some praising the individuals behind holding the company accountable, while others wonder if this would truly be effective.

Dangote trucks’ incidents in the past few weeks

The most recent incident was from days ago, after one of the company’s trucks rammed into a car on a highway in Bayelsa State, nearly claiming the lives of passengers, including an undergraduate student.

Prior to that, one of the company’s fleet was accused of crushing a family of four alongside others in Enugu, which was denied by the company in a statement, warning other truck companies of using ‘Dangote’ tags on their vehicles.

The most viral of these cases was the death of Ruth Otabor, who lost her leg to an accident involving Dangote’s truck in Auchi, before giving up the ghost days after arrangements were made to fly her to India for better treatment.

Reactions as Dangote retrain truck drivers

da.obasam said, “Who are they deceiving?? Safety training with slippers 😂😂.”

nikkyabake quizzed, “Are this all their drivers? May God be our guides when going out of our houses.”

tomisinibidapo penned, “These are not the set of people driving their trucks o… The guys on the road are really very brutal… they are not this reserved.”

adeyinka5324 said, “Laago melo 🤷🏼🤷🏼🤷🏼🤷🏼🤷🏼how many years is dangote group of company dat ure just showing off safety training to drivers dat don’t understand English 🤷🏼🤷🏼🤷🏼🤷🏼🤷🏼🤷🏼when you finished deceiving urself let us know.”

alaso_oge opined: “Naija I hail, absolutely acting. Na today una dey kill people like chicken? Why is it that na now una dey act say una dey do training. Sha stop wasting innocent lives.”

baqprobeauty_store said: “Na lie,no aboki for this video and more so upon all the truck wey dangote get na only this ppl wey no reach 30 una Dey council ???”

Watch the video below …