FEATURES : Deborah Danladi Is The First Female Engineer In Ashakacem Company
By Motionviu
Deborah Danladi :
Deborah Danladi, 30, is a process engineer. When she joined LafargeHolcim-owned AshakaCem in 2015 as a graduate trainee, after graduating from the University of Maiduguri where she studied chemical engineering, she had no idea she was about to make history.
She is the first and the only female engineer in the history of the company incorporated in 1974.
“I am proud to be the first female engineer in the history of the company,” she says.
But her role as the health, safety and environment manager at Maiganga Coal Mine is insulated from the pressure of being a role model.
And such huge responsibility does not faze her. The support her employer, her male colleagues and her husband give her ensures that she is able to deliver on the job.
Deborah blames early marriage and negative beliefs about girl-child education for the dire statistics. Left to her, there would have been more northern females in schools and male-dominated fields.
“Being a female should not limit what you want to achieve in life,” she says, adding that “Every girl should be given the right to pursue whatever career she has chosen for herself.”
Deborah credits her parents, especially her father, for who she has become.
“I got the encouragement from my dad when I was young,” she says. “When I told him I wanted to study engineering, he was like, ‘Wow’. He really encouraged me.”
She says, She believes they were motivated by the need to see her evolve into a successful individual, not minding that the engineering field is male-dominated.
At work, success did not come cheaply to her. Like everybody else, she has to earn it.
“I joined Ashaka in 2015 as a graduate trainee. Thereafter, I was made a control room operator [CRO] overseeing cement processing – right from the quarry to bagging,” she says.
After a stint as a CRO, she was promoted to health, safety and environment manager for Maiganga Coal Mine, owned by AshakaCem. The coal mine is essential to maintaining the operational efficiency of the company’s cement plant, a senior engineer at the company tells Guardian Woman. As such, maintenance and a high-level safety standard is Deborah’s responsibility.
Deborah Danladi :
Deborah Danladi, 30, is a process engineer. When she joined LafargeHolcim-owned AshakaCem in 2015 as a graduate trainee, after graduating from the University of Maiduguri where she studied chemical engineering, she had no idea she was about to make history.
She is the first and the only female engineer in the history of the company incorporated in 1974.
“I am proud to be the first female engineer in the history of the company,” she says.
But her role as the health, safety and environment manager at Maiganga Coal Mine is insulated from the pressure of being a role model.
And such huge responsibility does not faze her. The support her employer, her male colleagues and her husband give her ensures that she is able to deliver on the job.
Deborah blames early marriage and negative beliefs about girl-child education for the dire statistics. Left to her, there would have been more northern females in schools and male-dominated fields.
“Being a female should not limit what you want to achieve in life,” she says, adding that “Every girl should be given the right to pursue whatever career she has chosen for herself.”
Deborah credits her parents, especially her father, for who she has become.
“I got the encouragement from my dad when I was young,” she says. “When I told him I wanted to study engineering, he was like, ‘Wow’. He really encouraged me.”
She says, She believes they were motivated by the need to see her evolve into a successful individual, not minding that the engineering field is male-dominated.
At work, success did not come cheaply to her. Like everybody else, she has to earn it.
“I joined Ashaka in 2015 as a graduate trainee. Thereafter, I was made a control room operator [CRO] overseeing cement processing – right from the quarry to bagging,” she says.
After a stint as a CRO, she was promoted to health, safety and environment manager for Maiganga Coal Mine, owned by AshakaCem. The coal mine is essential to maintaining the operational efficiency of the company’s cement plant, a senior engineer at the company tells Guardian Woman. As such, maintenance and a high-level safety standard is Deborah’s responsibility.
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