For his investments, which have created thousands of jobs across Africa, the African Industrial Global Union has hailed the President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote.
The body, at a meeting in Lagos, called for a special recognition for the African entrepreneur, describing him as a success story from Africa who African countries must be proud of.
At a network meeting on unionisation in Dangote Group, organised by the Industrial Global Union, Africa Region, in Lagos, the union leaders said Dangote has offered a relief to Africa from the negative narratives the western countries latched on to discredit the continent and her people.
They stated that as Dangote is so patriotic as to dot African soil with billions of dollars investments, creating jobs and reducing poverty, he needs to be given special recognition to motivate others to toe similar line.
Relishing the prospect of an African country hosting the largest refinery and petrochemicals project, the union leaders said they planned to bring the business mogul to address them at their next African meeting.
The Regional Secretary, sub-Sahara Africa, Fabian Nkomo, said the body cherished Dangote’s business acumen and would like to work closely with him to ensure that job quality is maintained.
He said no African has invested so much in Africa, so Dangote should be encouraged. “He has helped governments across African states to create vital jobs and reduce poverty among our people. The union is proud of him,” Nkomo stated. The Africa Regional Chairman of Industrial Global Union, Issa Aremu, who is also the General Secretary of Textile Workers Union, praised Dangote for leading industrialisation in the continent.
Aremu acknowledged Dangote’s efforts at re-industrialisation of the continent, stimulating its growth and creating jobs for its huge population.
The labour leader lauded Dangote’s commitment to sustainable industrial development, urging governments to provide favourable environment for investments and improve infrastructural development.
He added that it was time Dangote Group entered into mutually-rewarding engagement with relevant unions even as he called on trade unions to support businesses through improved productivity.
Aremu alluded to the $12b refinery, petrochemicals and fertilizer projects, which, he said, will be a revolution in the Nigerian industrial space when completed.
As partners in progress, Aremu pledged to ensure business-friendly unionisation of Dangote workers.
He also cautioned the unions involved to be proactive and strategic in handling the exercise, saying, “We need to show that we are partners to improve on the businesses of Dangote. We are talking of unionization because there is an investment in which workers are engaged. If there are no businesses, we can’t be talking of unionism.”
The Industrial Global Union, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, represents 50 million workers in 140 countries in the cement, mining, energy and manufacturing sectors.
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