NAPTIN trains 1,500 engineers to boost power sector

The National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) has expressed readiness to train no fewer than 1,500 engineers and technicians in the power sector to boost electricity. The Director-General of NAPTIN, Mr Ahmed Nagode said this in Abuja at a one-day Stakeholders’ Engagement for the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). The engagement, under the project […]

The National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) has expressed readiness to train no fewer than 1,500 engineers and technicians in the power sector to boost electricity.
The Director-General of NAPTIN, Mr Ahmed Nagode said this in Abuja at a one-day Stakeholders’ Engagement for the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).
The engagement, under the project “Enhancing Vocational Training Delivery for the Nigerian Power Sector has the theme: “Building a Skilled and Sustainable Workforce for NESI Transformation’’ funded under The EU-AFD Project, organized in partnership with NAPTIN by Consortium of Colenco Nigeria and AETS (France).
Nagode said that the theme of the engagement, building a skilled and sustainable workforce for NESI transformation was very instructive.
Nagode said that without a sustainable skilled workforce, infrastructure remained underutilized, investments underperformed, and the national aspiration for stable and affordable power would remain elusive.
According to him, NAPTIN as the nation’s foremost power sector capacity development institute is acutely aware of this connection between human capability and sector performance.
“We recognized that despite our ongoing efforts, challenges persist. Skills gaps in emerging areas, misalignment between training outputs and industry demands, and fragmented collaboration mechanisms.

 

“These are the very barriers we are assembled here today to address. Therefore, the objectives of today’s engagement are clear and action orientated,” he said.

 

Nagode also stated that there was a need to move from consultation to structured and sustainable collaboration, since there are facilities and enabling environment to accommodate trainees.

 

On his part, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Power, Mamudah Mamman stated that NAPTIN would train no fewer than 1, 500 engineers and technicians in the power sector to boost electricity.

 

Mamman, represented by Mr Mustapha Babaumara, Director, Distribution Ministry of Power, said that a policy had been developed for NAPTIN to train the engineers and technicians.