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
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