Dangote Transport has opened a new Driver Monitoring Control Room in Ibese, Ogun State, giving fleet managers live visibility into how truck drivers behave on the road nationwide, the company’s latest push to cut accidents and enforce safety compliance across its logistics operations.
The group, in a statement on Friday, said the facility, unveiled to journalists during a recent tour of the company’s transport operations centre, uses onboard cameras, installed across thousands of Dangote trucks in partnership with technology provider Nova Tracks to give controllers real-time feeds and alerts on driver conduct while journeys are underway.
Head of Operations at Dangote Transport Ibese, David Idiege, described the control room as one of the newest pieces of the company’s safety infrastructure, built to let staff spot risky behaviour and step in quickly.
He said the investment reflects an ongoing effort to make technology, training and operational discipline work together across the fleet.
Idiege pointed to a longer list of existing safety measures such as speed limiters, immobilizers, facial recognition tools, journey management rules, drug and alcohol testing, mandatory rest periods, and recurring driver recertification, as evidence that the new camera system builds on rather than replaces the company’s broader safety framework.
He also stressed that enforced rest breaks are meant to fight driver fatigue, which he described as a major contributor to road accidents worldwide.
Head of Transport Control Ifeanyi Ezeala, who led journalists through the facility, said the live camera feeds let his team flag concerning driving patterns as they happen and reach out to drivers directly when needed.
He framed the system’s purpose as supportive rather than disciplinary, catching problems before they turn into crashes, and noted that the data it generates is also feeding into better fleet-management decisions more broadly.
Ezeala credited Nova Tracks for helping bring the technology online and said the shift reflects how central digital monitoring has become to fleet safety across the transport industry.
Journalists on the tour described the control room as a concrete example of how large logistics operators can use technology to improve accountability. Dangote Transport said the launch is part of a continuing series of safety investments across its nationwide network, which moves raw materials and finished goods daily.
