KADUNA ELECTRIC NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 1ST EDITION

Management, Labour, Agree to Work Together to Improve Collection.

By Asma'u Mohammed

The Management of the Company and the leadership of the two in-house Labour Unions; Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies, SSAEAC and the Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE have resolved to work together to improve the financial standing of the Company.

This was part of the resolutions adopted after a marathon Management/Unions meeting

held at the Head Office on Wednesday, 6^th November, 2019.

In his contribution, the Chief Marketing and Revenue Assurance Officer, Abubakar Jimeta, called on all staff to collectively work towards improving the fortunes of the Company through improved collection, stressing that the Company is currently in dire financial situation which make impossible for the Company to meet its obligations to both the staff and the electricity market.

According to him, “our monthly obligation, including our salary is N1.9billion and the way we are moving is not on the safer side, there is no time to rest, we must have a zeal and determination to attain a monthly collection of 3 to 3.5 billion naira, if we are to survive as Company”.

He assured the entire staff the readiness of the Management to provide the needed support and guidance for every staff to perform at optimum capacity.

In his remarks, Comrade Nasiru Dembo, Deputy President North, who expressed SSEAC’s strong reservation to some of the decisions taken by the Management lately, admonished the staff to work hard to get the Company out of the stormy water it found itself.

“I realised that most of the employees are not happy and didn’t appreciate what they have, we must appreciate that we are healthy and even have a job while our mates are out there admiring and begging us to help them, always look down and have passion on what you do, nobody have control of your happiness even if your salary  is increased to 1m, if don’t want to be happy you can’t be”, he said.

He urged employees to have passion in their job while on the Management to take the workforce into confidence.

The Deputy President General, North, Nigerian Union of Electricity Employees, Comrade Ali Sikamta Charged the Management to build harmonious relationship with the workforce for greater productivity. He reiterated the commitment of the labour movements to work in unison with the Management to bring the much-needed improvement in collection.

The two parties unanimously agreed that each and every member of staff must take ownership of the business and developed higher sense of loyalty to the Company. It was also agreed that the engagement should be sustained.

Staff Bag Awards of Excellence

By Asma'u Mohammed

Staff who demonstrated high level of dedication and commitment to their respective duties in the course of the year have been presented with the ‘Shining Star of the Months’ awards.

The awards ceremony which kicked off at the Head Office on November 5^th, 2019 and shall go round all the Area Offices.

In his opening remarks the Chief Marketing and Revenue Assurance Officer, Abubakar Jimeta explained the rationale behind the ceremony, which he said is to reward those who distinguished themselves despite the situation. He congratulated the awardees while urging others not to be left behind.

The Head, OD&D Unit, Mrs Adeola Akanni described the event as a morale booster for all and an excitable way to wind up the year. She therefore called on every staff to work even harder to take the Company to greater height.

“In our assessment, the Reward and Recognition ceremony has improved staff morale, engendered healthy competition and brought improved productivity”, she said.

At the end of the event, Mrs. Akanni called on all staff not to be demoralized but rather they should improve on their performance in order to earn the badge of honor.

Shining Stars Awardees Applaud Management

By Ruqayya Hamisu Abubakar

Awardees of the recently concluded Reward and Recognition Award applauded the Management for recognizing their performance by awarding them with Certificates of Honor and Shining Star of the Month.

The awardees, also called on the Company to keep the good work by recognizing the contributions of the staff who helped the Company achieve its goals. They also say this will go a long way in motivating all staff to put in their best in seeing the Company’s progress.

They also called on Management to make Reward and Recognition award to be continuous process by honoring the best performing staff. “The growth and success of any organization depend on having capable team members, this cannot be achieved without motivation”, one of the Award recipients said.

The awardees were selected from each Department. Information and Communication Technology Department, (ICT) came overall best with Eight Awards form the Department followed by Admin and Security with Seven Awards.

Maryam Ibrahim Hamisu is the overall best award receiver form ICT Department with three awards, one Certificate of Honor and two Shining Star. “I feel honored, my hours of hard work and trying new ideas is being recognized”, she said.

The Managing Director/CEO’s Driver, Mal Aminu Hassan “said Kaduna Electric did well in not only recognizing the white-collar staff but also to them the drivers”. He thanked Kaduna Electric’s Management at whole and also pray for the progress of the Company and Nigeria at large.

New Staff Receive Computer Training for Greater Productivity

By Asma'u Mohammed

The Organizational Development and Design Unit in conjunction with the ICT Department has organized a four-day in-house training program for the newly hired employees to improve their knowledge of computer and acquaint them with the processes’ applications being used in the Company to enhance their productivity.

The training was held at Kaduna Electric Head of Office last week October 24^th 2019.

Declaring the training program open, the Head ICT, Yasir Abdulsalam stated that “the exercise is aimed at further building the capacity of employees by equipping them with the knowledge of computer to help them fit in the new digital process flow recently introduced by the Company for greater productivity and efficiency”.

He charged the participants to use the knowledge and skills acquired during the training. “You should pay attention to what is going to be discussed, feel free to share your opinion, let others benefit from your good ideas”, he said.

The training programme covered topics such as excel among others.