This 35-year-old woman named Hajiya Gambo Muhammad, who is a senior driver in Dangote Cement Transport Obajana, is one that has gathered a bit of fame in her 12-year experience as a professional driver. The sturdy woman has a high popularity rate among her officers at the transport department within the company.
Speaking in an interview with Leadership, she explained how she began her truck driving journey at the age of 18.
She said she inherited driving from her father who was a driver for a decade. According to her, her brothers were drivers so it was only normal that she towed the same line.
She said: “I learnt how to drive through my husband. At first I usually observed how he drove and I made up my mind that one day I would also learn. Later, I began to ask him to teach me driving.
“The first time he disagreed on my proposal, but eventually, he agreed because he thought I would not be able to cope because it is not easy. Not every male driver can drive a truck talk more of me being a female. I insisted that I was ready to learn, so he gave the directive to his partner to teach me and that was how I began to learn.
“I obtained a driving license and identification card from Dangote cement Transport, Obajana. Now I have spent 12 years working with the company. We are working together with my former husband in the same company.”
“Usually, I prefer driving overnight. I drive around 1:30 to 3:00am in the night to everywhere I am going across the country.”
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