The Dangote Group visited the FRSC National Headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday to thank the corps after a sharp drop in crashes involving Dangote Cement trucks, following a safety review that found serious gaps in the company’s transport operations.
Comparative data showed crash cases fell to 11 in the first quarter of 2026 from 25 in the first quarter of 2025, a 56 percent reduction. Injuries dropped to 42 from 89, while deaths fell to 14 from 35, and fatal crashes declined by 36 percent.
The visit was described as an appreciation call to the Federal Road Safety Corps after it carried out a Safety System Gap Analysis on Dangote Cement transport operations in September 2025. That review identified speed limiter violations, poor driver rest management, overloading, weak safety monitoring systems and high crash exposure linked largely to human factors.
Dangote Cement said it responded by investing in transport management systems, automated inspection tools and artificial intelligence applications. It also said it placed renewed emphasis on driver recertification, recurrent training and a review of speed limit policies.
Ozovehe Abraham said technologies deployed to monitor driver behaviour in real time help identify risky driving patterns and support corrective action. Murillo Silva said FRSC and the Dangote Group share a common vision on what must be done to make the transport sector safer.
Shehu Mohammed described the result as a clear demonstration that strategic partnerships, data-driven interventions and institutional collaboration remain critical to improving road safety and saving lives. FRSC also said the company’s safety reforms could make it one of the safest fleet operators in Africa if compliance is sustained, and urged other fleet operators and transport companies to follow the same path.
The numbers suggest the turnaround is real, but the test now is whether Dangote Cement Plc can hold those gains without slipping back on the violations the safety review exposed.
