… 30,000 engineers to be recruited
By ADEWALE SANYAOLU
Despite delays in the implementation of the privatization of the power sector, with the unbundling of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) strong indications have emerged that the project was capable of generating 40,000 fresh jobs when fully operational.
The job generation figure, which is to be achieved over a five-year period (2014–2019) would be realised if PHCN was successfully handed over to the new owners next year.
Of the 40,000 new jobs, engineers will have a fair share of 30,000, while the remaining 10,000 would go to support staff and others to be outsourced.
Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo had, earlier in the month, during a working visit to some PHCN distribution companies (Discos) facilities and generation companies (Gencos), raised the alarm that no engineer had been employed by the ministry in the last 17 years.
He regretted, however, that while old engineers in PHCN facilities across the country retired in succession, new hands were not employed to replace them.
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