Minister woos investors for NAPTIN

Minister of Power Professor Chinedu Nebo has
called on prospective investors in to partner
with the National Power Training Institute,
NAPTIN, saying the dearth of technical
manpower in the Sector has been one of the
critical low points in the quest for a lasting
solution to the many problems that plague
the nation's electricity industry.

The minister made the appeal yesterday at in
Abuja at the 2nd graduation ceremony of the
naptin graduate skills development
programme, NGSDP.

"In line with its belief in the effectiveness of
Public-Private-Partnerships, Government is
anxious to expose its efforts at technical
capacity building to collaboration with the
private sector. I therefore welcome all
prospective investors to partner with NAPTIN
in the huge task of producing skilled
manpower for the Power Sector" he said.

He said the continuous training offers an
excellent opportunity to facilitate
stakeholders' collaboration on new
approaches to the nation's power supply
challenges.

It is recalled NAPTIN recently graduated a
total of 243 electrical engineering trainees
through its Graduate Skills Development
Programme, NGSDP.

Nebo had said the graduation was timely
coming at the time Federal Government is
completing its privatization of the power,
stressing that grandaunts would fill the
yarning skills gap in the sector. Nebo, who
noted that electricity sector drives
industrialisation, expressed optimism that
the new graduates were going to vastly
change the course of history in the nation's
power sector.

Posted By David Aniemeka