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Chineme Okafor writes that sustainable industry training is needed to close the gap in the skilled workforce available to run the emerging Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry
The size of skilled workforce needed to keep Nigeria’s electric power systems running efficiently is huge. About 17,441 skilled workers are required to work in the power sector as the electricity market is expected to expand to about 40,000 megawatts (MW) capacity by 2020.
A recent data released by the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN), a federal government agency, responsible for training of skilled workforce for the country’s electric power industry, revealed that there are just about 8,400 skilled workers currently running Nigeria’s power systems. This no doubt shows that there is indeed a huge gap in the reservoir of skilled employees available for the electricity industry.
Currently, NAPTIN runs a yearly Graduate Skills Development Programme (GSDP) that is broken down into three months of class work and nine months on the field. However, the institute has stated that its average annual training admission figure, put at about 250 engineers is inadequate, considering the expected expansion in the sector, which would require competitive and skilled manpower to sustain.
Chineme Okafor writes that sustainable industry training is needed to close the gap in the skilled workforce available to run the emerging Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry
The size of skilled workforce needed to keep Nigeria’s electric power systems running efficiently is huge. About 17,441 skilled workers are required to work in the power sector as the electricity market is expected to expand to about 40,000 megawatts (MW) capacity by 2020.
A recent data released by the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN), a federal government agency, responsible for training of skilled workforce for the country’s electric power industry, revealed that there are just about 8,400 skilled workers currently running Nigeria’s power systems. This no doubt shows that there is indeed a huge gap in the reservoir of skilled employees available for the electricity industry.
Currently, NAPTIN runs a yearly Graduate Skills Development Programme (GSDP) that is broken down into three months of class work and nine months on the field. However, the institute has stated that its average annual training admission figure, put at about 250 engineers is inadequate, considering the expected expansion in the sector, which would require competitive and skilled manpower to sustain.
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