By citybusinessnews@yahoo.com –
Three Dangote Cement Trucks allegedly used for smuggling have been impounded by the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Zone ‘A’, Ikeja.
The company had recently embarked on a massive campaign, soliciting the assistance of the public to help curb the trend.
Giving details of how one of the trucks was impounded, Customs Area Controller of the unit, Mohammed Uba Garba explained that the driver initially did not want to stop for inspection.
Garba said: “The driver did not want to stop. He told customs personnel that he was carrying cement. But, upon examination, we discovered that bags of rice were embeded in between bags of cement”.
In a public statement recently, the Management of Dangote Industries Limited (Dangote Group) appealed to members of the public to assist in monitoring and reporting both recklessness and illegal haulage of contrabands goods by some of its truck drivers.
The company also set up hotlines for the public to report such truck drivers, with a promise to appropriately compensate calls that lead to arrest of errant drivers.
The company explained that trucks belonging to Dangote Cement are only allowed to carry cement, high grade gypsum and coal; those belonging to Dangote Sugar (NASCON) are authorised to carry only salt and Dan Q seasoning; and trucks belonging to Agrosacks, the bags producing arm of Dangote group, can only carry bags, belonging to Dangote flour mills, wheat, flour and Danvita.
