Prof Chinedu Nebo, Power Minister
Chineme Okafor
The federal government has made known its intention to avoid possible loss of jobs in Nigeria’s power sector to expatriates when its concludes the ongoing reform, which has seen it unbundle and sell off state owned power company, the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN).
Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, disclosed recently at the 2013 ministerial platform to underscore the ministry’s scorecard as part of the mid-term achievement of President Goodluck Jonathan administration that government was wary of existing skills gap in the power sector following long dearth of manpower training in the sector and has thus, initiated moves to mitigate against possible loss of jobs to expatriates.
Unlike the country’s petroleum sector, which faced serious loss of top jobs to expatriates as well as a good amount of annual industry spends to foreign outsourcing firms until when the government enacted a local content law for the sector, Nebo stated that the government had initiated efforts through the National Power Training Institute (NAPTIN) to ensure that the right staffing for the sector are sourced locally.
He noted a graduate trainee programme aimed at producing personnel equipped with the basic skills required in the power sector had been initiated by NAPTIN, adding that the power sector was currently grappling with shortage of technical personnel to man key power installations.
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