Abuja, Jan. 6, 2014 (NAN)
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) on Monday began the training of 522 of its newly employed engineers as part of plans to ensure constant power supply across the county.
The TCN Managing Director, Mr Mack Kast, disclosed this in Abuja at the orientation programme for the newly recruited staff.
He explained that the training programme, which is in partnership with the National Power Training Institute (NAPTIN), was geared toward transforming the TCN in line with international best practice.
The TCN boss said that the two weeks programme would simultaneously take place in eight centres across the country before the engineers would be deployed to the field.
``I am indeed delighted to have you gather simultaneously in eight different NAPTIN training centres nationwide for two weeks before your formal deployment to your place of primary assignment.
Kast, who expressed optimism on transforming the TCN into a world class electricity company, charged the engineers on the need to lead the change process.
``You are all important in this new era of TCN as we work toward ensuring that TCN is transformed into a world class electricity transmissions company,’’ he said.
He said that the TCN was committed to capacity building and growing of its workforce to meet the current challenges in the nation’s electricity sector.
He said that the management of TCN was working hard with other stakeholders to ensure the realisation of the Federal Government Power Sector Reform Initiative and provision of uninterrupted power supply to Nigerians.
Earlier, the NAPTIN Director General, Mr Reuben Okeke in his remarks thanked the TCN for partnering NAPTIN in the training of the engineers.
He decried what he called the frequent systems collapse in the power sector and stressed the need for engineers to be more
pro-active in tackling the problem.
He pledged to ensure meticulous and professional training of the new engineers in line with international best practice (NAN)
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