36 Liberians Commence Training At Naptin On Power Sector Operations

Thirty six electricity workers from the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) have commenced training at the National Power Training Institute of Nigeria (NAPTIN) on power generation, distribution and transmission.

Sponsored by the West African Power Pool (WAPP) in collaboration with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the programme is aimed at promoting sub-regional integration on power sector training and to share experience among West African countries.

Speaking at the launch of the programme at its regional office in Lagos, the institute’s Acting Director-General, Mr Ahmed Bolaji Nagode, disclosed that WAPP intends to help grow and improve the technical skills of LEC personnel, adding that the trainees would in turn use the acquired knowledge to resolve their nation’s power challenges.

Nagode, who noted that world-class companies and institutions have, at one time or another, sought partnership with each other to grow, added, “Leveraging on the strength of one another through proper synergy has proven to be a catalyst for growth and development”.

The Acting Director General explained that the course was designed in three models with 18 personnel to be trained at NAPTIN Regional Training Centre in Ijora, Lagos, while the other set of 18 personnel would be trained at Kainji Dam, adding that the objective of the training was to improve their capacity on electricity generation, distribution and transmission network.

Stating that the training would also increase their capacity in effective power supply and revenue collection, the NAPTIN boss added, “The West African Power Pool is a regional body of ECOWAS, which is made up of 29 power utilities of West African States with the vision to have a unified regional electricity market in West Africa through a national power system operations. Its vision is to have a unified regional electricity market in West African through a national power system’’.