Wednesday, 22 February 2017
PUBLIC SERVICE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN
There is no doubt that the power supply situation has improved
now; power generation has reached 4626 megawatts today; customers now
enjoys reasonable stability in power supply; Kaduna Electric has
improved supply to customers across the four franchise states of the
Company; meters deployments and customers enumerations are going on as
planned;
The Company can do much more than it is doing now with your support and co-operation; be alive to your responsibilities; pay your bills as at when due, apprehend or report miscreants tampering with power supply installations, be more vigilant especially when unknown/suspicious persons are roaming around power supply facilities.
You are an important stakeholder in the industry. We all must be alive to our responsibilities; Let join hand to ensure steady and qualitative power supply. Together we can achieve this.
Kaduna Electric...... Reliable energy.....Endless possibilities
The Company can do much more than it is doing now with your support and co-operation; be alive to your responsibilities; pay your bills as at when due, apprehend or report miscreants tampering with power supply installations, be more vigilant especially when unknown/suspicious persons are roaming around power supply facilities.
You are an important stakeholder in the industry. We all must be alive to our responsibilities; Let join hand to ensure steady and qualitative power supply. Together we can achieve this.
Kaduna Electric...... Reliable energy.....Endless possibilities
Thursday, 16 February 2017
We disconnected Zamfara Govt House over N400m debt - Kaduna Electric
We disconnected Zamfara Govt House over N400m debt - Kaduna Electric
Kaduna
Electric disconnected the Zamfara State Government House and other
government offices in Gusau due to the over N400 million debt the state
government is owing the company.
The
company's Business Development and Relationship Officer in Gusau Area
Office, Mr. Aminu Yakubu, said the action followed the failure of the
state government to settle its bills.
Yakubu
said the state government, which had a monthly electricity bill of
between N15 million and N20 million, was now owing the company about
N400 million.
"Since
there was no indication that the state government would pay, my head
office directed that we cut the supply until the debt is settled, " the
officer said.
Yakubu,
however, said that the state House of Assembly had invited him to
explain the reason the company cut power supply to the state government.
"I
explained the debt profile and the legislators promised to talk to the
executive so that the money being owed would be settled," he said.
Yakubu
said his office was now waiting to hear from the lawmakers and if
nothing positive was done, he would wait for further directive from his
headquarters.
Kaduna Electric partners ANED, French agency on staff training
The
French Development Agency under the UIMM Project in collaboration with
the Association of Nigerian Electricity Distribution Companies (ANED)
has indicated readiness to assist Kaduna Electric in knowledge and
skills acquisition for its staff.
At
a meeting with the management of Kaduna Electric at the Company's
Headquarters in Kaduna, the Project Manager of the UIMM Project, Agathe
Gondinet said that this is in line with the Agency's mandate to help
Electricity distribution companies across Nigeria to develop skilled
manpower.
According
to her "To achieve this, we have embarked on tour of all the eleven
DISCOs, starting with Kaduna Electric, in order to know their training
needs and partner with them to design and implement training plans that
will be useful in addressing their human development needs".
Explaining
further, she said that the aim of the project "is to support the Human
Resources Managers in all the Distribution Companies (DISCOs) in Nigeria
so that they will be strengthened and empowered through
Train-the-trainer sessions, to design training programs and curricula
for their respective companies".
Ms
Gondinet stated that the two-year project, which has already started,
is also going to be developing strategic partnership with both
government and private owned training institutes like the National Power
Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) by providing them with both the
infrastructure and information on the training needs of the entire
sector so that they can adapt their curriculum to meet the current needs
of the DISCOs.
She
further disclosed that some of the areas in which the downstream sector
will benefit will include: change management, bridging the gap between
the legacy staff and the newly recruited, appraisal method and access to
a digital platform that will serve as a resource center to share ideas
on best practices among several others.
In
his contribution, the ANED Project Coordinator, Mr. Rotimi Adebari was
hopeful that the outcome of the Needs Analysis currently being carried
out in all the DISCOs with Kaduna Electric being first in the series
would motivate employees and facilitate attitudinal change that will
improve industry efficiency. He added that ANED as the umbrella body is committed to creating best practices that would bring about an industry standard.
According
to him, ANED is in the process to identify institutes with the capacity
in terms of infrastructure and suitable facilitators who will help the
industry grow in collaboration with the UIMM Project partners.
The Chief Operating Officer of Kaduna Electric, Mr. Major Bhaskar,
thanked the team for the visit and commended them for choosing Kaduna
Electric first. He assured them of the company's readiness to be part of
the project
9 arrested for vandalizing Kaduna Electric, NDPHC equipment
Nine
persons have been arrested for alleged vandalism of power supply
infrastructure in Saminaka Local Government of Kaduna State.
The
Head, Corporate Communications of Kaduna Electric, Abdulazeez Abdullahi
stated this in a statement issued in Kaduna at the weekend.
He
disclosed that "the nine suspected vandals and their four motor
vehicles were recently apprehended by the police in Saminaka while
perpetrating their nefarious activities and have since been transferred
to Kaduna".
According to him, three of the suspects have been arraigned before the Magistrate Court 1, Ibrahim Taiwo Road, Kaduna for vandalizing power supply equipment worth millions of naira belonging to Kaduna Electric.
The
remaining six suspects were arraigned before magistrate court 16, also
in Ibrahim Taiwo Road, Kaduna for vandalizing power supply installation
of the Niger Delta Power Holding company of Nigeria, the operator of the
National Integrated Power Projects.
He
lamented the recent increase in the cases of vandalism of power supply
assets belonging to the Company which according to him is "telling
negatively on the efforts of the Company to provide steady and
qualitative power supply".
He
appealed to the general public to be more vigilant and raise alarm
especially when strangers are seen around power supply facilities at odd
hours.
Friday, 3 February 2017
Wednesday, 1 February 2017
KADUNA ELECTRIC CONFIRMS STAFF' APPOINTMENTS
The
Management of Kaduna Electric Distribution Company has confirmed the
appointments of employees who have demonstrated commitment, loyalty and
expertise on their assigned responsibilities.
About
90% of the company's workforce were confirmed while some were put on a
six months probationary period within which it is expected their
performance would have improved to earn them confirmation. Those staff
whose performance was dismal had their appointments terminated.
The
Managing Director\Chief Executive officer of the company, Engineer
Garba Haruna said in a statement that those confirmed 'have been found
competent enough to be team members after the conclusion of the recent
talent review" conducted by the company.
Engineer Garba while congratulating the successful employees charged them to see their confirmation 'as an exhibition of the company's belief in attracting and retaining best available talents to build core competencies" for the success of the company.
He
also charged other staff whose appointments are yet to be confirmed to
use the six months' probation period provided by the company "to focus
on strengthening their knowledge and skills, enhance their individual
and leadership capabilities and make sincere contributions" to the
success of the company.
The
Electricity boss reminded the entire work force of the company of the
challenges before them and the need for all to be more dedicated to
their duties and come-up with more innovative solutions.
He said "Irrespective of our position, status, department and location, for all of us it is simply time to roll up our sleeves and settle for serious business as we redouble our efforts towards making Kaduna Electric the quintessential stakeholders' delight. It should be borne in mind that each employee's continuous relevance in the organisation rests squarely on the ability to meet the company's needs, aspirations and goals from time to time.
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