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By Charles Nwaoguji
Lafarge Africa Plc, Nigeria’s leading building solutions provider, is partnering leading construction company in Nigeria, the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) on a safety awareness programme for over a 100 CCECC employees.
The partnership is aimed at improving the safety standards and practices in one of the largest construction companies in Nigeria. Engineers, nurses and safety officers of CCECC from across its project sites in Nigeria also attended the training awareness programme.
Speaking about the initiative, Graeme Bride, Director for Health and Safety at Lafarge Africa Plc, said: “Lafarge is delighted to leverage its global experience in health and safety for positive impact on the construction industry in Nigeria. Health and safety is at the forefront of what we do. Our aspiration is to conduct our business with zero harm to people and create a healthy and safe environment for our employees.”
Executive Director of CCECC, Liao Jian Feng, said, “we are happy to partner with Lafarge on this initiative. CCECC will continue to promote and adopt a safety environment standard by its employees and its subcontractors.”
During the training programme, engineers, technicians and other operational employees were trained on the risks related to their construction work while health workers and nurses were trained on how to prepare for and respond to emergencies. There were also sessions on the best onsite safety practices such as deployment of safety signages as well as procedures for reporting and responding to incidents.
