NAPTIN To Support Vocational Skills Sector With $46 Million

The National Power Training Institute (NAPTIN) says Agence Française de Development (AFD) and the EU have pledged to expend 46 million dollars to fund vocational skills in the power sector.

The Director-General of NAPTIN, Ahmed Nagode, said this in Abuja on Wednesday at a workshop on 'Enhancing Vocational Training Delivery for the Nigerian Power Sector'.

Nagode was represented by Kunle Oyenusi, the Director, Legal NAPTIN, who is also Head Implementation Unit (PIU) of the project.

The workshop has as its the theme 'Meeting the Training Needs of the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry' would enhance capacity building in the power industry.

He said that a financing plan aggregate of 46 million dollars funded by AFD and the European Union (EU) would be solely invested in NAPTIN for the enhancement of vocational skills training in the power sector in Nigeria.

According to him, the project has three major components: Product Development, Infrastructural Development and Corporate Development

Nagode said that the project, upon completion would reposition NAPTIN as a centre of excellence to serve the Nigeria Electricity Supply Industry (NESI), West Africa Power Pool (WAPP)

“ECOWAS Centre for renewable Energy and Energy efficiency (ECREEE) and Association of Power Utilities of Africa (APUA).

“The project has four specific objectives: to develop trainings curricula adapted to the market needs and specialise the trainers

“To reinforce NAPTIN’s attractiveness by building new technical infrastructure laboratories, workshops and acquiring relevant technical equipment for the network of the regional training centres and headquarters in Abuja.

“To sustain public investment by setting up a sustainable business model and to deeply reform NAPTIN’s governance, procedures and policies into a more business-oriented institution.’’

Nagode said that that the workshop was under the first component, the product development.

“The main purpose of this workshop is to bring stakeholders together at a round table to talk about their training needs."