Dangote Cement to get quality management award
The quality
management system NIS ISO 9001:2008 award certificate will be presented
to Dangote Cement, Obajana plant; and Dangote Cement, Benue plant at a
ceremony in Lagos on January 20, 2011.
Dangote Cement,
Apapa plant will also receive the occupational health and safety
management system NIS BS OHSAS 18001:2007 in recognition of its good
manufacturing practice (GMP) and significant contributions to the
economic advancement of Nigeria.
The awards are
coming after a verification of Dangote Cement plants at Obajana, Gboko
and Apapa by a team of auditors from the Standards Organization of
Nigeria (SON).
Conveying the news
of the awards to Dangote Cement, director general, Standards
Organization of Nigeria (SON), John Akanya, wrote:
“I have the
pleasure to inform you that the quality management system (QMS) of
Dangote Cement is hereby adjudged by the Standards Organization of
Nigeria to conform to the requirements of NIS ISO 9001:2008 standard
and your facility is consequently certified.” Dangote Cement has,
however, emerged the biggest out of the 55 rated companies in Nigeria
at N1.86 trillion capitalisation, according to a report of ‘Stakes 55 –
Largest Companies in Nigeria’ just released by International Corporate
Research (ICR).
The report, which
measured companies by market capitalization for the 4th quarter of
2010, indicated that with the emergence of Dangote Cement, the Stakes
55 gained 43.19 per cent rising from N5.14 trillion to N7.36 trillion,
its highest value since inception.
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